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GENERAL  LAWS 


OF  THE 


State  of  Vermont 


RELATING  TO 


Public  Instruction 


Published  by  Authority. 


Compiled  by 

JOHN 

G. 

SARGENT,  Attorney  General 
and 

ON  S. 

STONE,  Superintendsnt  of  Education. 

MONTPELIER,  VT. : 

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No.  469.— JOINT  RESOLUTION  RELATING  TO  COMPILA- 
TION OF  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives: 

That  the  attorney  general  and  superintendent  of  education 
are  hereby  authorized  and  instructed  to  compile  the  school  laws 
of  the  state,  including  the  acts  of  1908  and  1910,  to  procure  three 
thousand  copies  to  be  printed  at  the  expense  of  the  state,  which 
copies  shall  be  delivered  to  the  superintendent  of  education  fm- 
distribution  to  school  officials. 

LEIGHTON  P.  SLACK, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
FRANK  E.  HOWE, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
Approved  December  10,  1910. 
JOHN  A.  MEAD, 

Governor. 


794704 


PART  1. 


GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

Chapter  40. — Superintendent    of    education     and     educational 

meetings. 
Chapter  41. — Town  superintendents. 

Chapter  42. — Superintendent  of  schools  for  two  or  more  towns. 
Chapter  43. — Normal  schools. 
Chapter  44.— Teachers'  certificates  and  permits. 
Chapter  45. — ^Town  system. 
Chapter  46. — Instruction  for  elementaiy  pupils. 
Chapter  47. — Instruction  for  advahced  pupils. 
Chapter  4S. — School  year  and  time  allowed  teachers. 
Chapter  49. — School  age  and  attendance. 
Chapter  50. — Employment  ofchild  labor. 
Chapter  51 . — ^Registers  and  returns. 
Chapter  52. — School  taxes  and  school  moneys. 
Chapter  53. — Text-books  and  supplies. 
Chapter  54. — Taking  land  for  school  purposes. 


CHAPTER  40. 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  EDUCATION  AND  EDUCATIONAL 

MEETINGS. 


Superintendent  of  Education. 


y.  S.  §8  595.  596. 


Sec.  914.     Election;  duties;  vacancy,  etc.     The  general  assem-iH*'F°-3'55i.3. 

*  •  .  ,  ^'  L.  §§452. 453. 

bly  shall  elect  at  each  bienmal  session  a  superintendent  of  educa-^§"^'^°-''''fS''2.  f 

.    .  1874,  No.  36,  §  4. 

tion,  who  shall  have  general  supervision  of  the  public  schools  and  i§P'K°?*'5  6. 
devote  his  whole  time  to  the  duties  of  his  ofRce.     A  vacancv  in^^s'^'-—.  s§  1.3. 

^  1856,  No.  5,  §§1   39 

such  office  shall  be  filled  by  the  governor.     Said  superintendent  ^§''^-^.°-i*' I -• 

«...  ,  184o,  No.  ;J7,  §§.3, 7, 

shall  have  an  office  in  the  state  house.  isss,  No.  19, 1  1. 

1827,  No.  23, 1   16. 


6  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

Summer  Schools. 

1902, No. 29, 5  1.  Sec.  917.     When    held;    expense.     Said    superintendent    may 

1894,  No.  34.  arrange  for  and  conduct  a  summer  school  for  teachers,  the  expense 

of  which  to  the  state  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  dollars  a  day,  for 
not  more  than  ten  days  in  each  county;  and  said  superintendent 
may,  in  his  discretion,  unite  and  hold  in  some  convenient  location 
a  summer  school  for  two  or  more  counties;  but  the  entire  expense 
to  the  state  of  such  school  .shall  not  exceed  the  expense  of  two 
schools  as  herein  provided. 

Educational  Meetings. 

R.  1906, §  835.  Sec.  918.     Superintendent  may  hold;  expense.     Said  superin- 

1902,' No!  29!  I  2  tendent  may  hold  educational  meetings  in  different  towns  in  each 
1888,  No.  9,'  §  9^  county  and  employ  competent  assistants;  the  expense  per  day  shall 
not  exceed  thirty  dollars  and  the  entire  expense  to  the  state  for 
such  meetings  in  a  county  for  a  year  shall  not  exceed  the  allowance 
for  a  summer  school,  such  expense  to  be  allowed  said  superintend- 
ent in  the  settlement  of  his  account. 

State  Teachers'  Association. 

i902,No.  28. 5§  1,2.1  Sec.  919.  Appropriation.  For  the  purpose  of  securing  speak- 
ers for  -the  annual  meeting  of  the  state  teachers'  association  held 
in  accordance  with  the  aim  and  purpose  of  institutes  and  summer 
schools,  or  for  publishing  addresses  and  papers  under  the  direction 
of  the  superintendent  of  education,  the  sum  of  not  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars  is  annually  appropriated.  The  auditor 
of  accounts  shall  draw  an  order  for  such  sums  and  at  such  times 
as  said  superintendent  may  require  to  carry  out  the  provisions 
of  this  section. 

Reports. 

v.  .s.  §»603.  Sec.  920.     Superintendent  to  make.     Said  superintendent  shall 

R.  L.'§  456.  ■-.._         present  to  the  general  assembly,  on  the  first  day  of  each  biennial 
G.  s.'22?§§.i4.''        session,  a  report  of  his  official  acts  for  the  preceding  two  years 
1856!  No!  5!  §§375.      and  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  schools  and  the  expenditure 
'   "■    '      ■        of  school  money,  with  such  suggestions  for  the  improvement 
of  schools  as  he  deems  proper. 

Circulars. 

i902,No.22, 1  1.  Sec.  921.     Superintendent  to  issue.     Said  superintendent  may 

1900,  No.  16,  §§  1,2.  .  ,      ,.        .  •' 

annually  issue  and  distribute  among  school  officers  and  teachers, 
circulars  of  educational  information  at  the  expense  of  the  state, 
the   cost   of  printing  the  same  not  to  exceed  four  hundred  dollars. 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  7 

The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  draw  orders  for  such  sums  and  at 
such  times  as  said  superintendent  may  require  to  carry  out  the 
provisions  of  this  section. 

Courses  of  Study. 

Sec.  923.     Superintendent  to  prepare  and  issue.     Said  super-isoe.  No  43,  s  4  » 
intendent  may,  when  necessary,  prepare  and  issue  a  course  ofiss*.  No.  36. 5§'i,2, 3. 
study  for  use  in  the  elementary  schools  as  a  requisite  for  admis- 
sion to  high  schools  and  academies,  and  shall  distribute  one  copy 
of  such  course  to  each  teacher  of  the  public  schools  and  two  copies 
to  each  school  officer. 

Sec.  924.     Expense   of   printing.     The    course   of   study   pro-R- 1906,  §  842. 
vided  in  the  preceding  .section  and  the  course  of  study  for  high  ism,  No.  30, 5  2. 
schools  to  be  prepared  by  said  superintendent  shall  be  printed 
at  the  expense  of  the  state. 

CHAPTER  41. 

TOWN  SUPERINTENDENTS. 
Sec.  931.     Appointment.     The  board  of  school  directors  shalli904,No.34, 5  1. 

1.  1      ,-  11-11  r    T    1  •  1900,  No.  17. 1   1. 

annually,  on  or  before  the  third  day  01  July,  appoint  a  towni.s96,  No.  19,  §  1. 
superintendent  of  schools,  fix  his  compensation  and,  within    fivei892,  No.  20,  §  12. 
days  thereafter,  file  for  record  a  certificate  of  such  appointment  1882!  No!  107. 

.      ;:  ,  ^^  1910,  No.  65,  §    1. 

in  the  town  clerk  s  omcc.  R.  l.  §§  458, 2658, 4540.  55  vt.  ei . 

Sec.  932.     Removal;    vacancy.     The    board    of   school    direc-v. s. §  eie. 
tors  may  remove  a  town  superintendent  from  office,  if,  in  its 
judgment,  he  is  unfit  for  the  duties  required  of  him;  and  said 
board  may  fill  any  vacancy. 

Sec.  933.    Term  of  office.     The  term  of  office  of  a  town  super-v.  s.  §  617. 
intendent  shall  begin  on  the  day  of  his  appointment  and  continueG.'s.'22,*§  '9. 
for  the  school  year  and  until  a  successor  is  appointed.  iss^',  Nom!!'  1. 

1833,  No.  19,  §  1.   1827,  No.  23,  §  3.   1910,  No.  65,  §  2.      1845,  No.  37,  §  1. 

Sec.  934.     Duties.     Said  superintendent  shall  visit  the  schoolsy.  s.  §  eis. 
of  the  town  at  least  once  each  term,  and  oftener  if  the  board  {^^L.'f  459'.'^  ^^' 
of  school   directors  so   directs,   note  the  method   of  instruction  isIs'.'no.sm  4. 
and  government,  inform  himself  of  the  progress  of  the  pupils,  {tli,  No.^iih  2. 
and  give  necessary  advice  to  teachers.  '*"^'  ^°'  ^''' '  ^' 

Sec.  935.  Same.  Said  superintendent  shall,  on  visiting  a  school,  v.  8.§  619. 
observe  the  condition  of  the  school  house,  outbuildings  and  grounds, 
ascertain  if  such  school  is  properly  supplied  with  maps,  reference 
books  and  apparatus,  and  its  pupils  with  necessary  text-books, 
and  make  such  recommendations  to  the  board  of  school  directors 
as  to  the  condition  and  needs  of  the  school  as  he  deems  necessary. 

Sec.   936.     Removal   of   teachers.     Said   superintendent   mayv.  s.  §  621. 
dismi.ss  a  teacher  who,  in  his  judgment,  is  incompetent  or  unfiti^so!  Noisi. 
for  the  position;  and  such  dismissal  shall  be  given  to  the  teacher 


8  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

in  writing,  who  shall  receive  pay  pro  rata  to  the  time  of  his  dis- 
missal. 
V.  s.  §  620.  Sec.  937.     Report.     Said  superintendent  shall  submit  to  the 

1894  No.  20. 

1886,  No.  31,  §  1.        board  of  school  directors,  on  or  before  June  thirtieth  of  each  year, 
R.  L.  §  460.  .  ^  ,  .      ,   .  ...  .  ,       , 

1910,  No.  65,  §  3.       a  written  report  of  his  doings,  vnth  such  suggestions  as  he  deems 

necessary,  and  such  report  may  be  printed  by  the  school  board 

at  the  expense  of  the  town. 

CHAPTER  42. 

UNION  SUPERINTENDENTS. 
i906,No.  45,  §  1.  Sec.    938.     Union   of   towns,   how   formed.     A   town   having 

1908.  No.  36,  §   1.  ,,,,.,,  ,  ,         • 

twenty-five  and  less  than  thirty  schools  may,  and  a  town  having 
thirty  or  more  public  schools  shall  employ  a  superintendent 
who  shall  give  his  entire  time  to  the  supervision  of  schools,  except 
as  hereinafter  provided  for  part  time  super%'ision,  and  a  town  so 
employing  a  superintendent  may  individually  be  considered  a 
union  if  the  school  board  so  elects.  An  incorporated  school 
district  shall  be  considered  a  town  for  the  purposes  of  this  chapter. 
Two  or  more  neighboring  towns  having  an  aggregate  of  not  more 
than  fifty  nor  less  than  twenty-five  legal  schools  may,  by  vote 
of  the  school  directors  of  the  several  towns,  unite  to  form  a  union  for 
the  purpose  of  employing  a  superintendent  of  schools  under  this 
chapter. 

1906,  No.  45,  §§  1,2.  Sec.  939.  Joint  committee,  how  formed.  The  number  of 
school  directors  acting  for  a  town  forming  a  union  shall  not  exceed 
three  when  such  union  consists  of  two  or  more  towns;  and  the 
directors  of  the  towns  forming  a  union  shall  form  a  joint  committee; 
and,  for  the  purposes  of  this  chapter,  said  committee  shall  be  held 
to  be  the  agent  of  each  town  forming  the  union. 

1906,  No.  45,  f§  2, 5.        Sec.  940.     Tolnt  committce ;  Organization ;  duties  I  appointment 

1910,  No.  59,  §   3.  /  ^,    .  ,  ■    ,  ,      ,.  ,  , 

of  supermtendent.  Saul  committee  shall  meet  on  a  day  and  at  a 
place  agreed  upon  by  the  chairman  of  the  boards  of  school  directors 
of  the  several  towns  forming  the  union,  and  shall  organize  by  the 
choice  of  a  chairman  and  a  secretary,  who  shall  serve  until  their 
successors  are  elected.  Said  committee  shall  meet  annually 
on  the  first  Tuesday  in  April  for  the  transaction  of  such  business 
as  may  properly  come  before  it.  Said  committee  may  adopt 
such  by-laws  governing  the  time  and  place  of  meeting  and  the 
order  of  business,  as  it  deems  advisable,  provided  such  by-laws  are 
not  inconsistent  with  this  chapter  and  the  laws  of  the  state.  Said 
committee  shall  elect  a  superintendent  of  schools,  who  shall  serve 
for  one  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected; 
and  it  shall  determine  the  amount  of  service  to  be  performed  by 
said  superintendent,  which  service  shall  be  based  upon  the  number 
of  legal  schools  maintained  in  each  town,  and  shall  fix  the  salary 
and  apportion  the  amount  thereof  to  be  paid  by  the  several  towns 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

forming  the  union  according  to  their  respective  grand  lists,  and 
shall  certify  such  amount  to  the  treasurer  of  each  town.  Towns 
forming  such  a  union  shall  have  no  other  superintendent  of  schools. 
When  such  a  union  is  effected  it  shall  not  be  dissolved  because 
the  number  of  its  schools  falls  below  twenty-five,  nor  for  a  period 
of  three  years  from  the  date  of  its  formation,  except  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  of  all  the  school  directors  forming  the  union ;  and  shall  not  be 
dissolved  at  the  expiration  of  three  years  except  by  a  majority 
vote  of  all  such  school  directors. 

Sec.  941.     Apportionment  of  funds  to  towns  forming  union.  i906,  No.  45, 5  3. 

^^  .  ,.        •  ,  .  •         '908,  No.  36, 5  2. 

Whenever  the  chairman  and  secretary  of  said  committee  certify, 
under  oath,  to  the  state  treasurer  that  a  union  has  been  effected 
as  provided  in  this  chapter,  and  that  the  towns  unitedly  have 
raised  by  taxation,  appropriated  and  paid  in  any  one  year  a  sum 
not  less  than  twelve  hundred  fifty  dollars  as  the  salary  for  a  super- 
intendent of  schools,  and  that,  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, 
a  superintendent  has  been  employed  for  one  year,  the  state  treas- 
urer shall  apportion  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  among  the 
several  towns  forming  the  union  according  to  their  respective 
grand  lists,  and  shall  pay  the  sums  so  apportioned  upon  the  appro- 
val of  the  superintendent  of  education  to  the  several  treasurers 
of  such  towns.  When  said  chairman  and  secretary  certify,  under 
oath,  the  actual  salary  paid  said  superintendent,  the  state  treas- 
urer, in  addition  to  the  one  thousand  dollars  hereinbefore  provided 
for  and  apportioned  among  the  several  towns  forming  a  union, 
shall  also  apportion  among  such  towns,  and  in  like  manner,  one- 
half  of  the  amount  of  said  superintendent's  salary  above  twelve 
hundred  dollars  and  not  exceeding  eighteen  hundred  dollars,  such 
additional  apportionment  to  any  one  union  not  to  exceed  three 
hundred  dollars.  Said  treasurers  shall  place  such  sums  to  the 
credit  of  the  school  funds  of  their  respective  towns.  If  the  super- 
intendent of  a  town,  which  individually  constitutes  a  union,  spends 
any  part  of  his  time  in  teaching,  such  town  shall  receive  from  the 
state  such  portion  of  one  thousand  dollars  as  the  time  spent  by 
him  as  superintendent  bears  to  his  whole  time;  but  such  sum  so 
paid  by  the  state  shall  in  no  case  exceed  five  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  942.     Directors    to    draw    orders.     The    school    directors i906,  No.  45, }  4. 
of  the  several  towns  forming  a  union  shall  draw  orders  on  the 
school  funds  of  such  towns  for  such  sums  as  may  be  necessaiy  to 
carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 

Sec.  943.  Superintendent;  qualifications;  duties.  A  superin-'^oe, N0.45, |§3,5. 
tendent  elected  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  may  be  re- 
moved for  such  cause  as  a  majority  of  said  joint  committee,  with 
the  approval  of  the  superintendent  of  education,  deem  sufficient. 
Said  superintendent  shall  ilevote  his  entire  time  to  the  super- 
vision of  schools,  shall  be  a  holder  of,  or  shall  have  held,  a  first 
grade  certificate  or  its  equivalent,  shall  have  taught  at  least  fifty 
weeks,  and  shall  be  a  resident  of  one  of  the  towns  forming  a  union, 


10  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

or  become  a  resident  before  entering  upon  his  duties.  Said  super- 
intendent shall  conduct,  under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent 
of  education,  examinations  of  applicants  for  teachers'  certificates, 
shall  rate  the  applicants  in  such  matters  and  subjects  and  shall 
make  such  returns  as  may  be  designated  by  said  superintendent 
of  education.  Said  superintendent  shall  meet  with  the  superin- 
tendent of  education  at  least  once  a  year,  when  notified  by  him, 
for  the  purpose  of  considering  matters  pertaining  to  his  duties  and 
to  the  general  educational  interests  and  policy  of  the  state, 
shall  make  such  statistical  returns  to  said  superintendent  of  edu- 
cation as  may  be  required  by  him,  and  shall  annually,  on  or  before 
the  fifteenth  day  of  February,  submit  a  written  report  of  his 
official  doings  to  the  boards  of  school  directors  of  the  several  towns 
forming  the  union.  Said  superintendent  shall  direct  the  work  of 
the  teachers  and  the  studies  of  the  pupils,  advise  with  the  school 
boards  in  regard  to  the  employment  of  teachers,  prescribe  the 
purchase  of  school  books  and  supplies  and  supervise  their  distri- 
bution, and  may  dismiss  a  teacher,  who,  in  his  judgment,  is  incom- 
petent and  unfit,  and  shall  have  all  the  powers  and  perform  all  the 
various  duties  usually  pertaining  to  the  oflSce  of  superintendent 
of  schools. 

i9io,No.  59, }  5.  Meeting  of  Union  Superintendents.     The  meeting  provided  for 

in  the  preceding  section  shall  be  considered  a  summer  school, 
provided  it  is  in  session  no  less  than  five  consecutive  days,  and  the 
expense  to  the  state,  including  the  actual  traveling  expenses  of 
the  union  superintendents  in  attendance,  shall  be  allowed  by  the  " 
auditor  of  accounts  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the  same 
conditions  as  provided  for  summer  schools  in  section  6,  No.  37, 
Acts  of  1908. 

1908,  No.!36,  §  4.  Re-organization.     By  a  majority  vote  of  the  school  directors 

of  all  the  towns  forming  a  union,  the  union  may  be  dissolved, 
provided  the  several  towns  individually  join  unions  already 
formed  or  unite  in  forming  new  unions.  By  a  like  vote,  one  or 
more  towns  may  be  released  from  a  union,  provided  such  town  or 
towns  join  unions  already  formed  or  unite  in  forming  now  unions. 
The  remaining  towns  .shall  continue  in  existence  as  a  union, 
provided  the  number  of  schools  of  the  union  does  not  fall  below 
twenty-five,  and  such  union  may  accept  other  towns,  provided 
the  number  of  schools  of  the  re-organized  luiion  does  not  exceed 
fifty.  Such  remaining  towns  of  a  union  may  reduce  the  number 
of  its  schools  to  less  than  twenty-five,  provided  a  sufficient  num- 
ber of  other  towns  are  added,  within  thirty  days  after  reduction 
below  twenty-five,  to  make  the  aggregate  number  of  schools 
twenty-five  or  more. 

1910,  No.  59,  §  6.  Unions  of  Less  than  Twenty -five  schools.     Any   five  or  more 

towns  having  less  than  twenty-five  legal  schools,  may,  on  a  ma- 
jority vote  of  all  the  school  directors  of  the  towns  at  a  meeting 
called  for  that  purpose,  organize  as  a  union  for  supervision  pur- 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  11 

poses  and  such  union  so  formed  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions 
of  law  relating  to  unions. 

Names   and   Certificates   of   teachers.     A   town   or  union  sup-^®''®''*°-^^'5  s- 
erintendent    shall    certify  to  the  superintendent   of    education, 
within  two  weeks  from  the  beginning  of  each  term,  as  to  names 
of  teachers  under  his  supervision,  together  with  residence,  grade 
of  certificate  and  number  of  weeks  taught. 

CHAPTER  43. 

NORMAL   SCHOOLS,    TEACHER   TRAINING   COURSES,    AND 
STATE  SCHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE. 

Normal  Schools. 

Length  of.     The  normal  schools  at  Johnson  and  Castleton  are^^^l'j'^gji''^  '' 
continued  until  August,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty.  R^L'T^i"'  ^  '' 

1874,  No.  34.  IBiiJI     1870,  No.  20,  §    1.  1866,  No.  1,  §§  1,  7.  1878,  No.  113,  |   1. 

No.  34,  Acts  of[l908. 

Sec.  I.  State  Board  of  Education.  A  state  board  of  educa-}|9|;N°;|2;|ji-2. 
tion  is  hereby  created,  consisting  of  the  governor  of  the  state,  as 
chairman,  and  the  superintendent  of  education  as  members 
ex-officio,  and  three  members  appointed  by  the  governor  on  Decem- 
ber 1,  1908,  for  the  term  of  one,  two  and  three  years  respectively, 
and  annuall}^  thereafter  the  governor  shall  appoint  a  member  for 
three  years  to  succeed  the  member  whose  term  expires. 

The  governor  shall  also  appoint  biennially  for  the  term  of 
two  years,  one  resident  commissioner  in  each  town  where  a  normal 
school  is  located,  who  shall  serve  without  pay  and  only  act  with 
the  state  board  of  education  in  matters  pertaining  to  the  normal 
school  in  the  town  of  his  residence.  The  governor  shall  have 
power  to  fill  any  vacancies. 

Sec.  2.     Expense    and    accounts.     Each    of    said    appointees  {fge;  no!  ioj  f  i. 
shall  receive  five  dollars  a  day  for  services  rendered,  and  necessary 
expenses.     Said  board  shall  be  provided,  at   the  expense  of  the 
state,    with   necessary   supplies,    including   stationery,    printing, 
postage  and  the  like. 

Settlement  of  accounts  shall  be  quarterly,  on  March  first,  June 
first,  September  first,  and  December  first. 

Sec.  3.  Duties.  Said  board  shall  elect  a  vice-chairman,  a 
secrctaiy  and  a  treasurer.  Said  treasurer  shall  give  bonds  to  such 
an  amount  as  the  governor  and  state  treasurer  may  designate. 

Said  board  may  make  regulations  governing  its  meetings  and 
the  perfornuuu'c  of  its  duties. 

Sec.  4.  Said  board  shall  assume  all  the  powers  and  duties  now 
granted  to  the  board  of  normal  school  commissioners,  shall  have 
full  control  and  management  of  the  normal  schools,  and  any  nor- 
mal-industrial or  industrial  school  that  may  be  established  liy  the 


1896,  No.  20, 1  5. 


12  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

state,  and  shall  have  power  to  make  such  regulations  governing 
these  institutions  as  the  interests  of  the  state  demand. 

1898,  No.  22, 5§  4, 5.  Sec.  949.  Dutlcs.  Said  board  and  the  superintendent  of 
education  shall  have  the  care  of  the  normal  schools.  They  shall 
establish  courses  of  study  for  such  schools  and  revise  the  same 
when  necessaiy,  determine  the  conditions  for  admission  to  and 
for  graduation  from  such  normal  schools,  provide  for  the  issue 
of  certificates  to  all  persons  of  good  moral  character  who  pass 
the  examinations  required  for  graduation,  and  may  revoke  the 
same  for  good  and  sufficient  cause  shown.  They  shall  select 
and  employ  all  teachers  for  such  normal  schools  and  shall  dismiss 
them  when  the  interests  of  the  school  require  it.  They  shall 
have  and  exercise  such  powers  as  are  needed  for  properly  con- 
ducting such  schools,  and  shall  report  to  the  general  assembly 
the  condition  and  progress  of  such  schools  and  the  money  re- 
ceived and  expended  for  the  same. 

1898, No. 22, 1  5.  Sec.   950.     Treasurer   of   board;   duties.     Said   board,    by   its 

treasurer,  shall  receive  all  moneys  appropriated  by  the  state  for 
the  support  of  the  normal  schools  and  all  moneys  accruing  to 
such  schools  from  other  sources,  and  apply  the  same  for  the 
benefit  of  such  schools. 


Practice  Departments. 

i898,No.22,  §§4, 5.  Sec.  951.  Establishment.  Said  board  and  the  superintendejit 
of  education  may  establish  practice  departments  in  connection 
with  the  several  normal  schools.  Said  board  shall  expend  for 
the  support  of  such  departments^  such  part  of  the  moneys  appro- 
priated by  the  state  and  accruing  from  other  sources  as  is  necessary. 
They  shall  agree  with  the  board  of  school  directors  of  a  town 
in  which  a  normal  school  is  located  for  the  use  of  school  property 
held  in  trust  by  it,  and  arrange  with  said  board  for  the  mainten- 
ance of  such  practice  departments. 

Admission  to  Normal  Schools. 

1902,  No.  24, 1  2.  Sec.  953.     Regulations.     A  person  who  declares  his  intention 

1896',  No.  li',  1^2^' ^'  to  complete  a  course  of  study  in  a  normal  school  and  to  teach 
in  the  state  for  two  years  after  graduation  therefrom,  and  who 
complies  with  the  conditions  established  by  the  board  of  normal 
school  commissioners  for  the  admission  of  students,  shall  be  en- 
titled to  free  tuition  in  the  normal  school  of  his  choice.  Other 
persons  may  be  admitted  to  the  normal  schools  in  the  discretion 
of  the  board  of  normal  school  commissioners  on  conditions  and 
tuition  fees  fixed  by  it . 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  13 

NO.  60,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Support  of  Normal  Schools. 

Section  1.  Construction  of  Dormitory.  The  state  board  of 
education  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  construct 
and  equip  at  Johnson  for  the  use  of  a  state  normal  school  at 
Johnson  or  other  state  institution  a  suitable  dormitory.  Said 
dormitory  shall  be  constructed  and  equipped  and  ready  for  oc- 
cupancy on  or  before  September  1, 1912,  and  the  auditor  of  accounts 
shall  on  November  1,  1912,  or  forthwith  thereafter,  draw  his 
order  in  favor  of  the  treasurer  of  said  board  for  such  indebtedness 
as  shall  be  incurred  by  said  board  in  construction  and  equipment 
of  such  dormitory,  but  the  sum  of  such  orders  shall  not  exceed 
twelve  thousand  dollars;  provided,  however,  that  the  foregoing 
provisions  shall  not  become  operative  until  the  following  condi- 
tions have  been  complied  with. 

First,  a  lot  of  land  sufficient  for  the  site  of  said  dormitory  with 
suitable  grounds  in  connection  therewith  approved  by  the  state 
board  of  education  shall  be  conveyed  to  the  state  free  of  all  incum- 
brances. 

Second,  a  lease  of  all  the  property  belonging  to  or  connected 
with  the  so-called  Johnson  Normal  School  shall  be  executed  in 
favor  of  the  state  as  lessee  for  a  term  of  ninety-nine  years,  with 
the  priviledge  of  renewals  of  such  lease,  or  such  part  of  said  term 
as  such  property  shall  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  a  state  normal 
school  or  other  state  institution,  and  the  trustees  of  the  Lamoille 
County  Grammar  School  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to 
execute  such  lease. 

Third,  the  village  of  Johnson  shall  by  vote  at  a  meeting  of  the 
legal  voters  thereof,  vote  to  furnish  the  buildings  connected  with 
said  institution  with  water  for  domestic  and  sanitary  purposes 
free  of  all  expense  so  long  as  said  buildings  are  used  by  the  state. 

Fourth,  the  village  of  Johnson  shall  by  vote  at  a  meeting  of 
the  legal  voters  thereof  vote  to  furnish  free  of  charge  the  buildings 
connected  with  said  school  with  electricity  sufficient  to  light  said 
buildings  .so  long  as  said  buildings  are  used  by  the  state. 

Sec  2.  Standard  of  Schools.  In  case  of  the  performance  of 
all  of  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section,  the  state  board  of 
education  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  so  long  as  said 
school  is  continued  as  a  m  rmal  school,  to  provide  that  the  grade 
and  standard  of  such  school  shall  be  at  least  equal  to  that  of  any 
other  state  normal  school  and  said  board  shall  have  and  exercise 
the  same  power  with  reference  to  said  school  as  are  conferred 
upon  .said  board  by  number  thirtj'-four  of  the  acts  of  190S. 

Sec.  3.  Appropriations.  The  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars 
is  hereby  annually  a])propnated  to  the  state  normal  school  or  other 
state  institution  mentioned  in  the  preceding  sections  to  be  ex- 


14  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

pended  by  the  state  board  of  education  for  the  support  of  such 
state  normal  school  or  other  state  institution. 

Sec.  5.  Purchase  of  Property  at  Castleton.  The  state  board 
of  education  is  further  empowered  and  directed  at  any  time  prior 
to  July  1,  1912,  to  purchase  in  the  name  of  the  state  the  real 
estate  at  Castleton,  Vermont,  now  and  heretofore  used  for  school 
purposes  by  the  Castleton  Normal  School,  at  and  for  a  sum  not 
exceeding  twenty  thousand  dollars,  and  in  case  the  said  board 
of  education  and  the  owner  of  said  property  are  unable  to  agree 
upon  such  price,  then  the  same  shall  be  ascertained  and  deter- 
mined by  a  commission  of  three  persons,  one  of  whom  shall  be 
selected  by  said  board,  one  by  the  owner  of  said  property,  and  the 
third  by  the  two  so  selected. 

Sec.  6.  Appropriations.  The  auditor  of  accounts  is  hereby 
authorized  to  draw  his  order  upon  the  state  treasurer  in  favor 
of  the  state  board  of  education  for  the  amount  necessary  for  the 
purchase  of  the  school  property  mentioned  in  the  preceding 
section,  in  case  said  board  finds  it  expedient  to  make  such  pur- 
chase and  provided  the  amount  of  such  order  shall  not  exceed 
twenty  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  7.  Purchase.  In  the  event  of  the  purchase  of  the  normal 
school  at  Castleton  by  the  state,  the  provisions  of  section  952  of 
the  Public  Statutes  as  amended  by  No.  35  of  the  acts  of  1908  as 
far  as  they  apply  to  the  normal  school  at  Castleton  are  thereupon 
repealed. 

Sec.  8.  Support.  The  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  is  hereby 
annually  appropriated  for  the  support  of  a  state  normal  school  at 
Castleton  as  soon  as  the  property  of  the  normal  school  at  Castle- 
ton is  purchased  by  the  state,  and  such  expenditure  shall  be 
under  the  direction  of  the  state  board  of  education. 

Sec.  9.  Expenses.  The  auditor  of  accounts  is  hereby  directed 
to  draw  orders  upon  the  state  treasurer  in  favor  of  the  state  board 
of  education  to  defray  the  expenses  incurred  under  section  3  and 
section  8  of  this  act. 

Sec.  10.  Standard.  In  case  of  the  performance  of  all  of  the 
provisions  of  section  5,  the  state  board  of  education  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered,  so  long  as  said  school  is  continued 
as  a  normal  school,  to  pro\ade  that  the  gi-ade  and  standard  of  such 
school  shall  be  at  least  equal  to  that  of  any  other  state  normal 
school  and  said  board  shall  have  and  exercise  the  same  power  with 
reference  to  said  school  as  are  conferred  upon  said  board  by  num- 
ber thirty-four  of  the  acts  of  1908. 

NO.  61,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Teacher  Training  Courses. 

Sec.  1 .  Establishment.  The  school  board  of  any  town  main- 
taining a  high  school  of  the  first  class,  or  the  board  of  trustees  of 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  15 

any  academy  of  the  first  class,  having  three  or  more  regularly  em- 
ployed teachers,  may  establish  and  maintain  a  teacher  training 
course  in  connection  with  such  high  school,  or  academy,  but  under 
the  direction  and  with  the  approval  of  the  superintendent  of  edu- 
cation who  shall  prescribe  the  studies  to  be  pursued  and  appoint 
the  special  teacher  to  be  employed.  In  his  approval  of  the  estab- 
lishment of  such  course.s,  consideration  of  the  needs  of  the  dif- 
ferent sections  of  the  state  shall  be  given  by  said  superintendent 
and  preference  shall  be  given  such  high  schools,  or  academies, 
as  can  serve  the  rural  schools  to  the  highest  advantage,  but  no 
approval  shall  be  given  any  high  school  or  academy  which  has  less 
than  ten  members  of  the  senior  class  and  graduates  willing  to 
pursue  such  course  and  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  the  state " 
and  which  has  less  than  three  elementary  graded  schools  available 
for  observation  and  practice  purposes,  and  such  approval  may  be 
revoked  or  discontinued  whenever  in  the  judgment  of  said  super- 
intendent such  teacher  training  course  is  impractical  for  the  state. 
The  number  of  schools  provided  for  in  this  section  shall  not  ex- 
ceed twelve  in  the  first  year,  and  may  be  extended  to  fifteen  in 
the  second  year  at  the  discretion  of  the  state  superintendent  of 
education. 

Sec.  2.  Graduates  admitted.  Graduates  of  approved  high 
schools  and  academies  of  the  first  class  may  be  admitted  to  teacher 
training  courses  for  a  one-year  course  and  shall  be  under  the  same 
regulations  and  laws  as  regular  students  in  such  schools.  Any 
graduate  of  a  high  school  or  academy  of  the  first  class,  residing  in  a 
town  which  does  not  provide  a  teacher  training  course,  may  have 
his  tuition  paid  for  such  course  in  a  high  school,  or  in  an  academy, 
in  the  same  manner  and  under  the  same  laws  and  conditions  as 
pertain  to  students  residing  in  towns  not  maintaining  high  schools. 

Sec.  3.  Certificate  to  teach.  Any  graduate  from  a  teacher 
training  course  may  receive  from  the  superintendent  of  education, 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  principal  of  the  higli  school,  or 
academy,  in  which  such  a  course  is  maintained,  and  of  the  special 
training  teacher,  a  certificate  which  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the 
public  schools  of  the  state  for  a  period  of  three  years. 

Sec.  4.  Appropriation.  When  the  chairman  of  the  board  of 
school  directors,  or  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  an  academy,  certifies, 
under  oath,  to  the  auditor  of  accounts  that  an  approved  teacher 
training  course  has  been  maintained  during  any  year  closing 
June  thirtieth,  said  auditor  shall  draw  his  order  on  the  state 
treasurer  who  shall  pay  to  the  treasurer  of  such  town,  or  academy, 
an  amount  not  exceeding  eight  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid  from 
the  general  state  treasury,  provided  said  board  of  school  directors, 
or  trustees  of  an  academy,  has  expended  at  least  two  hundred 
dollars  in  salary  for  such  special  teacher  in  addition  to  amount 
to  be  received  from  the  state. 


16  VEEMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

NO.  62,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

State  School  of  Agriculture. 

Sec.  1.  Establishment.  A  state  school  of  agriculture  is  hereby 
created  and  established  for  the  purpose  of  developing  the  agri- 
cultural resources  of  the  state  through  practical  instruction  in 
agriculture,  including  tillage,  crop-raising,  gardening,  orcharding, 
forestry,  dairying,  stock  raising,  farm  management,  marketing  and 
the  allied  subjects  of  domestic  science  and  the  manual  arts. 

Sec.  2.  Trustees.  A  board  of  trustees  of  said  state  school  of 
agriculture  is  hereby  created,  consising  of  the  governor  of  the  state 
and  the  commissioner  of  agriculture,  ex-officio,  and  three  practical 
agriculturists  appointed  by  the  governor  previous  to  the  first  day  of 
January,  1911;  one  for  one  year,  one  for  two  years  and  one  for 
three  years,  from  December  1,  1910,  and  annually  thereafter, 
previous  to  the  first  day  of  December,  the  governor  shall  appoint 
one  trustee  for  a  term  of  three  years.  These  trustees  shall  hold 
office  until  their  successors  are  appointed.  The  governor  shall 
be  chairman,  and  said  board  shall  appoint  a  vice-chairman  and 
secretary  and  treasurer.  The  board  of  trustees  shall  have  the 
general  care,  supervision,  management  and  control  of  said  school 
and  all  of  its  affairs,  and,  to  carry  out  its  purposes  and  objects, 
may: 

(1)  Appoint  a  person  of  the  town  where  said  school  is  located, 
and  at  its  pleasure  remove  him,  who  shall  be  called  the  local  director, 
whose  duties  shall  be  prescribed  bj-  said  board  and  who  shall  at 
all  times  be  under  the  control  and  direction  of  said  trastees. 

(2)  Employ  and,  at  its  pleasure,  remove,  teachers,  experts, 
chemists,  laborers,  servants  and  all  necessaiy  clerks  and  assistants. 

(3)  Adopt  rules  and  regulations  for  the  management  of  said 
school,  not  inconsistent  with  the  purposes  and  objects  of  this  act. 

(4)  Prescribe  the  courses  of  instmction  and  the  methods  of 
investigation  and  experiment  to  be  followed  in  such  school  and 
establish  the  diplomas  to  be  conferred  on  graduation;  and  said 
trustees  shall  fix  the  wages  of  all  persons  appointed  by  them 
or  by  said  local  director  under  their  supervision. 

Sec.  3.  Compensation ;  report.  Said  trustees  shall  receive  for 
their  services  four  dollars  for  each  day  actually  spent  and  be  re- 
imbursed by  the  state  for  their  traveling  and  other  necessarj^  ex- 
penses incurred  by  them  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties. 

The  auditor  of  accounts  is  hereby  authorized  to  audit  and  allow, 
on  the  last  day  of  each  quarter  of  the  fiscal  year,  the  trustees 
of  said  state  school  of  agriculture  their  several  accounts  for  services 
rendered  and  expenses  incurred,  and  shall  draw  his  order  in  pay- 
ment for  the  same.  Said  trustees  shall  make  full  report  biennially 
to  the  general  assembh-  of  the  work  done  during  the  two  vears 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  17 

previous,  the  condition  of  said  school  and  its  needs;  and  the 
condition  of  its  property;  and  in  its  said  report  shall  furnish  a 
detailed  statement  of  the  financial  condition  of  said  school,  the 
moneys  received  and  from  what  sources,  and  the  moneys  expended 
and  for  what  pui-poses. 

Sec.  4.  Powers  of  Trustees.  The  board  of  trustees  of  said 
state  school  of  agriculture  may  locate  said  school  in  any  town  of  its 
selection,  and  it  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  purchase, 
lease,  hold,  control  and  sell,  in  the  name  of  the  state  and  for  such 
school,  real  and  personal  estate  for  the  use  of  the  same. 

Said  board  is  also  authorized  and  empowered  to  receive,  in  the 
name  of  the  state,  donations  and  bequests  which  may  be  made 
or  given  for  the  equipment  and  maintenance  of  such  school.  « 

Lease  of  Normal  School  Property.  The  trustees  of  the  normal 
school,  located  in  the  town  of  Randolph,  are  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  sell,  or  lease  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  real 
or  personal  estate,  or  both  such  estates,  now  held  by  them  as  such 
trustees,  to  the  state  for  the  sole  use  of  the  state  school  of  agricul- 
ture created  by  this  act  and  in  aid  of  its  purposes  and  objects,  at 
such  prices  and  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  of  payment  as 
said  trustees  and  the  board  of  trustees  of  said  state  school  of 
agriculture  shall  agree. 

Agreement.  When  any  such  agreement  is  reached  by  said  par- 
ties the  trustees  of  said  normal  school  are  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  execute  the  necessary  conveyances  or  other  instru- 
ments to  carry  out  the  terms  and  conditions  of  that  agreement,  and 
transfer  and  deliver  to  said  board  of  trustees  of  said  state  school  of 
agriculture  all  of  said  estate  so  purchased  or  leased.  Upon  the  exe- 
cution of  any  agreement  entered  into  between  said  trustees  of  the 
normal  school  and  the  trustees  of  the  state  school  of  agriculture 
and  the  transfer  of  the  property  or  the  use  of  such  property  from 
the  trustees  of  such  normal  school,  and  the  transfer  of  the  net 
income  from  any  real  estate  or  securities  now  held  by  them  as  such 
trustees  to  the  trustees  of  such  state  school  of  agriculture,  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act,  such  normal  school,  by  the  operation  of 
this  act  shall  be  discontinued  and  shall  cease  to  exist  on  and  after 
July  1,  1911,  and  so  much  of  section  945  of  the  Public  Statutes  as 
relates  to  the  continuance  of  the  normal  school  at  Randolph  until 
August  1920,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  5.  Appropriation.  Twenty  thousand  dollars  ($20,00;)) 
is  hereby  appropriated  by  the  state  for  the  establishment  of  said 
school  and  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  real  estate,  tools,  ma- 
chinery, animals,  equipments,  and  for  the  erection  and  repair  of 
buildings  for  such  school,  and  for  its  ccmipletc  equipment. 

Ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000)  is  hereby  appropriated  annuallj' 
by  the  state  for  the  maintenance  of  the  school  so  established. 


18  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

The  auditor  of  accounts  is  hereby  directed  to  draw  his  order 
to  the  governor  in  such  amounts  and  at  such  times  as  the  board 
of  trustees  may  request,  not  exceeding  the  amount  of  said  several 
appropriations. 

Sec.  6.  Discontinuance.  At  time  of  discontinuance  of  the 
normal  school  at  Randolph,  any  normal  student  pursuing  the  lower 
course  therein  shall  be  granted  by  the  superintendent  of  education, 
a  certificate  which  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools 
of  the  state  for  such  a  number  of  years  as  said  student  has  been  in 
attendance  upon  such  normal  school,  and  any  student  having  com- 
pleted the  first  year  of  the  higher  course  of  said  normal  school 
shall  be  granted  a  certificate,  by  said  superintendent,  which  shall 
f  be  a  license  to  teach  five  years;  or  said  students  may  be  admitted 

to  any  normal  school  in  the  state  provided  they  are  qualified  to 
enter  any  existing  classes. 

CHAPTER  44. 

EXAMINATION  AND  CERTIFICATION  OF  TEACHERS. 

NO.  37,  ACTS  OF  1908. 

Duties  of  Superintendent  of  Education. 

Sec.  1.  The  superintendent  of  education  shall  arrange  and  pro- 
vide for  the  examination  and  certification  of  teachers,  shall  fix  the 
standard  to  be  reached  for  certification,  shall  prepare  and  procure 
the  printing  of  questions  for  such  examination  and  blanks  for 
teachers'  certificates,  and  shall  have  power  to  make  all  regulations 
for  such  examination  and  certification  provided  such  regulations 
are  not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  of  the  state. 

Examinations;  Expenses. 

Sec.  2.  Under  the  direction  of  said  superintendent,  the  super- 
intendent of  a  union  shall  conduct  examinations,  and  shall  rate 
applicants  for  teachers'  certificates  in  such  subjects  and  matters 
as  said  superintendent  of  education  may  designate.  All  expenses 
incurred  in  conducting  an  examination  within  a  union  shall  be  met 
by  the  joint  committee  of  such  union  in  the  same  manner  as  other 
expenses  of  the  union  are  met. 

Supplementary  Examinations. 

Sec.  3.  If  in  the  judgment  of  said  superintendent  of  education 
an  examination  should  be  held  in  any  town  not  included  in  a  union. 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  19 

said  superintendent  may  designate  the  time  and  place,  and  may 
appoint  some  person  to  conduct  such  examination.  For  such 
service,  the  appointee  shall  receive  three  dollars  per  day  from  said 
superintendent  and  re-imbursement  for  all  necessary  expenses. 
The  expense  of  such  an  examination  shall  be  allowed  said,  superin- 
tendent in  the  settlement  of  his  account. 

Sec.  4.  A  person  who  has  received  one  first  grade  certificate 
on  examination,  and  has  taught  in  the  state  fifty  weeks,  may  receive 
from  the  superintendent  of  education,  at  its  expiration,  another 
first  grade  certificate,  without  examination. 

Clerical  Assistance. 

Sec.  5.  Said  superintendent  is  hereby  empowered  to  employ  such 
clerical  assistance  as  is  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  canying  into 
effect  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  all  expenses  incurred  in  the 
performance  of  his  duty  shall  be  allowed  him  by  the  state  in  the 
settlement  of  his  account. 


General  Provisions. 

Sec.  954.     Certificate  necessary;  age  of  candidate.     No  personi90|' '^Q^l^' 5  i- 
shall  teach  a  public  school  without  having  a  certificate  or  a  permit  }^|^'^°-M  |q 
as  hereinafter  provided;  and  a  contract  for  teaching  shall  be  void,  1^^-496^^  '**^'  *^^'  '*^^' 
the  teacher  does  not  obtain  such  certificate  or  permit  before  open- 12  vt.  192. 
ing  school.     No  certificate  or  permit  shall  be  issued  to  a  person26Vt.  115. 
not  seventeen  years  of  age.  28  vt.  575. 

-'  °  29  Vt.  4J3. 

30Vt.  586.         34  Vt.  270.         41  Vt.  .ISS.         46  Vt.  452.         72  Vt.  451. 

Sec.  Q55.     Notice  by  holder  of  certificate.     A  teacher  holding i?°°'j'^°g|/^'  ^  ^• 
a  certificate  or  permit  to  teach  shall,  before  school  begins,  notify }||^'^°;^;|  gg 
the  town  superintendent  of  schools  as  to  the  date  and  grade  ofjgygljo^fiy  5  2. 
such  certificate  and  the  name  of  the  person  granting  it,  and,  upon'^'"''^"  ^^'  ^  ^^ 
request,  shall  submit  the  same  to  said  superintendent  for  inspec- 
tion.    The  contract  of  a  teacher  neglecting  to  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  void. 


NO.  64,  ACTS  OF  1910. 
Certificates  for  Normal  School  Graduates. 

Sec.  1.  Employment  of  normal  school  teachers  and  students. }^|g  5^^^^;  5  ^j 
A  schooll)oard  of  a  town  may  employ,  or  permit  to  be  employed }|/^; |j*''4^9s  j 
through  the  state  board  of  education,  the  regular  normal  school  Js^qIno: 'if  j^i*' 
teachers  and  students,  without    examination  or  certificates,  as 


20  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

teachers  in  the  elementary  schools  used  for  observation  and  practice 
purposes  within  the  town. 

R.  1906,  §  874.  Sec.  2.     Certificates  for  normal  school  graduates.     A  graduate 

V.  S.  §  646.  r  . 

1888.  No._9.  §  42.        from  thc  lower  course  of  a  normal  school  m  this  state,  on  reconi- 
1876',  No.  so,  §  mendation  of  the  state  board  of  education,  may  receive,  without 

examination,  from  the  superintendent  of  education  a  certificate 
which  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  the  state 
for  a  period  of  five  j'ears  from  date  of  graduation,  and  said  gradu- 
ate, on  the  expiration  of  such  five  years'  certificate,  may  receive, 
without  examination,  from  said  superintendent  a  second  five 
years'  certificate,  provided  such  applicant  has  taught  in  thc  public 
schools  of  the  state  for  fifty  weeks;  and  a  graduate  from  the  higher 
course,  in  like  manner,  may  receive,  without  examination,  a 
certificate  which  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  state  for  ten  years  from  date  of  graduation,  and  said  graduate, 
on  the  expiration  of  such  ten  years'  certificate,  may  receive 
from  said  supeiintendent,  without  examination,  a  certificate  which 
shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  the  state  until  the 
same  is  revoked  by  said  superintendent,  provided  said  applicant 
has  taught  in  the  state  fifty  weeks. 

JiSi- S°- ?q' I  ?■  Sec.  958.     Graduates  of  normal  schools   in  other  states.     A 

1896,  No.  19,  §  3. 

1S9I)  No*5  5  "  graduate  of  a  normal  school  in  another  state  may  receive,  with- 

iss8.No.9^§  44.  out  examination,  from  the  superintendent  of  education,  on  pres- 
entation of  a  diploma  or  certificate  of  graduation,  a  certificate  of 
the  first  grade,  valid  for  five  years,  subject  to  the  same  provisions 
as  certificates  of  graduation  from  a  normal  school  in  this  state. 


Examination  of  Teachers. 


Jl?l' iE?°- ?n' I  }■  Sec.  959.     Examiner  to  hold.     Examination  of  applicants  for 

1896,  No.  19,  §  4.  _  ^'^ 

Yi^;  ^i  H^^  ^^^-        teachers'  certificates  shall  be  both  oral  and  written  and  shall  be 

ills'  No  9'  U^e        ^^^^^  ^^  such  times  and  places  as  said  superintendent  may  designate 

r*l'5*48o'  ^'^^'  ^'^^  accommodation  of  apphcants.     A  record  of  the  name,  age 

1908,  No.  37,  §  9.        j^^jj  residence  of  each  person  examined  shall  be  made  by  the  person 

conducting  tlie  examination  and  he  shall  forthwith  transmit  such 

data  to  said  superintendent,  together  with  such  other  papers  as 

may  be  required  by  said  superintendent,  who,  upon  their  receipt, 

shall  review  such  papers  and  thereafter  keep  them  on  file  in  his 

office  for  future  reference.     A  person  who  fails  to  pass  shall  not 

have  another  examination  for  a  certificate  within  three  months 

thereafter.     Certificates  is.sued  on  such  examination  .shall  be  of 

three  grades,  first,  second  and  third,  and  shall  not  be  complete 

unless  they  bear  the  signature  or  a  printed  facsimile  signature  of 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  21 

the  superintendent  of  education  nor  until  countersigned  by  the 
person  who  conducted  the  examination. 

Certificates  of  the  First  Grade. 


Sec.  962.     Qualifications  of  applicant;  duration  of  license.     A^i^g^o^j^^^g; 


5. 


certificate  of  the  first  grade  shall  be  issued  to  one  who  has  taught  {ggslNC;  37,  |^l6!^^ 

forty  weeks,  whose  examination  papers  show  that  the  applicant 

has  reached  the  standard  required,  and  who  has  given  evidence 

of  good  moral  character  and  ability  to  govern.     Such  certificate 

shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  for  five  years  from 

its  date. 

Sec.  963.     To  college  graduates.     A  certificate  of  the  first  grade  t?"|'j^y^'  ^  ®- 
may  be  issued,  without  examination,  to  a  graduate  of  a  college  J^^J-!^";;^; 5^^- 
approved  by  said  superintendent,  upon  presentation  of  a  diploma  }^|*|^°;^^»  ^[j 
or  certificate  of  graduation;  and,  at  the  expiration  of  the  certifi- 
cate so  issued,  if  said  graduate  has  taught  forty  weeks,  said  superin- 
tendent may  issue  a  second  first  grade  certificate. 

Certificates  of  the  Second  Grade. 

Sec.  964.  Qualifications  of  applicant;  duration  of  license.ygg^Q^j^^^^-^  5 
A  certificate  of  the  second  grade  shall  be  issued  only  to  one  who  i-^**' '^°- **•  ^  ^*- 
has  taught  twelve  weeks,  who  has  passed  a  satisfactory  examina- 
tion in  the  branches  required  by  law  to  be  taught  in  public  schools, 
whose  examination  papers  show  that  the  applicant  has  reached 
the  standard  required  by  the  superintendent  of  education  and  who 
lias  given  evidence  of  good  moral  character  and  ability  to  govern. 
Such  certificate  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools 
foi-  two  years  from  its  date. 

Continuation  of  First  and  Second  Grade  Certificates. 

Sec.  966.     How  long  in  force.     A  certificate  of  the  first  grade,  ,gpg  no  47  4  1 
or  a  certificate  of  the  second  grade  issued  on  examination,  held  by  a^?'!r','^°j;^'  *  •''■ 
teacher  employed  continuously  in  the  same  town,  shall  remain  J^^o,  No.  5^§  7.^ 
in  force  during  such  employment. 

Certificates  of  the  Third  Grade. 

Sec.    967.     Qualifications    of    applicant;    duration    of    license. J.^J^fj^Oj]*'' 5  5. 
A  certificate  of  the  tliiid  grade  may  be  issued  by  the  superin-{^™']j°M  5^ 
tendent  of  education,  in  his  discretion,  for  a  specified  time,  noti^''®'N°-37. 5  i3. 
exceeding  one  year.     Such  certificate  shall  be  a  license  to  teach 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  state  and  may  be  limited  to  the  teaching 
of  a  particular  school.     It  shall  be  issued  only  to  one  who  has 
passed  a  satisfactory  examination  in  the  branches  required  to  be 


1  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

taught  in  public  schools  and  is  of  a  good  moral  character  and 
ability  to  govern.  A  person  who  has  twice  taken  a  certificate 'of 
the  third  grade  and  has  taught  at  least  twenty-eight  weeks  shall 
not  again  be  eligible  to  receive  such  a  certificate. 

Special  Certificates. 
1906, No. 43. §  1.  Sec.  969.     Oualifications    of    applicant;    duration    of    license. 

1904.  No.  33,  §   1.  .  .    ,  ._  ,         •  ,    ,  , 

1908,  No.  37,  §  14.  A  special  certificate  may  be  issued  by  the  superintendent  of 
education,  without  examination,  to  a  teacher  of  successful  experi- 
ence in  teaching  and  previous  certification  in  the  first  or  second 
grade,  or  of  special  training  for  teaching.  Such  special  certificate 
shall  be  a  license  to  teach  special  high  school  subjects,  niu.sic, 
drawing,  physical  culture  or  the  industrial  arts  and  sciences, 
in  the  public  schools.  Such  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  five  years, 
or  for  two  years,  according  to  the  grade  of  the  certificate  previously 
held  by  the  applicant;  and,  in  case  of  special  training,  the  grade 
of  such  certificate  shall  be  determined  by  said  superintendent. 
}906,No.44,§  2.  Sec    970.     Third   grade;  regulations.     A  special   third  grade 

1910,  No.  64. 1  4.  certificate,  valid  for  one  year,  may  be  issued  by  the  superintendent 
of  education,  without  examination,  to  a  person  who  has  taught 
successfully  fifty  weeks  in  public  schools,  or  who  has  held  a  secolid 
grade  certificate,  or  its  equivalent,  and  has  taught  twenty  weeks 
in  public  schools.  A  second  special  third  grade  certificate  shall 
not  be  issued  to  said  applicant  until  said  applicant  has  received 
a  second  grade  certificate  on  examination,  or  a  first  grade  certi- 
ficate. 

A  person  who  has  received  one  first  grade  certificate  on  examina- 
tion, and  has  taught  in  the  state  fifty  weeks,  may  receive  from  the 
superintendent  of  education,  at  its  expiration,  another  first  grade 
certificate,  without  examination. 

Unlimited  Certificates. 

1906, No. 47, §  2.  Sec.    971.     Qualifications    of   applicant;    duration    of    license. 

1896!  No.  lo!  §  6.        A  certificate  which  shall  be  valid  until  revoked  by  the  superin- 

i89"d,  No.s^s  2.         tendcnt  of  education  may  be  issued  by  said  superintendent  to  a 

1908!  No.  37,  §  16.     person  who  has  taught  in  the  public  schools  five  hundred  weeks, 

or  to  a  person  who  is  a  graduate  of  an  approved  college  and  who 

has  devoted  at  least  eight  years  to  teaching  in  or  superintending 

public  schools  in  this  state,  or  to  a  person  who  has  taught  in  the 

public  schools  of  this  state  for  two  hundred  weeks  and  has  held 

certificates  of  the  first  grade  for  ten  years  or  certificates  of  the 

first  andsecond  grade  for  twelve  years  or  certificates  of  the  second 

and  third  grade,  or  their  equivalents,  for  fourteen  years,  provided 

that  in  no  case  .shall  special  certificates  be  included. 

1902,  No.  25, 1  2_  Sec.  972  To  normal  school  graduates.     A  graduate  of  a  normal 

v.  s.V 647. '  ^  school,  holding  a  ten  years '  certificate  or  two  five  years '  certificates,  ■ 

888,  No.  9, '§  43'  who  has  taught  successfully  two  hundred  weeks  under  the  same, 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  23 

may,  after  the  expiration  thereof,  be  granted  by  the  superintend- 
ent of  education,  without  examination,  a  certificate  which  shall  be 
a  license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  until  the  same  is  revoked. 

Primary  and  Kindergarten  Certificates. 

Sec.  973.     Qualifications    of    applicant;    duration    of    license. i906, No. 43, §  2. 

,  ,  .  .  .   ,  .  .  1900,  No.  26, 1   1. 

The  supermtendent  of  education  may  issue,  without  examination,  is98,  No  24,1  1. 

.t.  ,       ,  ,  r    „      ■  ■  '  1908.  No.  37, 1  18. 

a  certificate  to  a  person  who  has  taught  successfully  in  primary 
grades  for  three  hundred  weeks,  or  to  a  graduate  of  a  recognized 
kindergarten  training  school,  which  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in 
primary  grades  or  kindergarten  schools  for  five  years  from  its 
date. 

Permits. 

Sec.  974.     Issue.     A  town  superintendent  may  give  a  privateisoe,  No.48,  5  1. 

,     .  ...  1904,  No.  35,'|   1. 

examination  for  a  permit  to  teach  m  a  particular  school  for  a  term  1902,  No.  25,  |  8. 
,  ,  ,    .  .  .   ,  .        1898,  No.  20,  §  3. 

not  exceeding  twelve  weeks,  and,  in  case  of  a  successful  examina-v.  s. 

tion,  shall  forthwith  transmit  to  the  superintendent  of  education  i'sqo!  No!  5,  §  14. 

,  ,  •  1  r  1  ^    ,  ,■  ,         1884,  No.  58. 

the  name,  age,  and  residence  of  such  successful  applicant,  together  i908,  No.  37,  §  19. 
with  the  percentages  attained  in  such  examination  and  the  exami- 
nation papers.  Said  superintendent  of  education  may,  in  his 
discretion,  issue  a  permit  on  such  examination  and  shall  keep  a 
record  thereof.  A  person  who  has  received  one  permit  to  teach 
shall  not  be  entitled  to  another  until  said  person  has  received  a 
certificate  on  a  public  examination. 

Sec.  976.     Date;  number  limited.     Not  more  than  one-third i904, No. 35, s§  2,3. 
of  the  terms  of  school  in  a  school  year,  and  nor  exceeding  five 
terms,  shall  be  taught  under  permits  in  a  town. 

Revocation  of  Certificates  and  Permits. 

Sec.  977.     Who  may  revoke.     The  officer  or  board  issuing  aR.  looe  §  894. 
certificate  or  i)eniiit  may,  when,  in  his  or  its  judgment,  a  teacher  1894. No. i62§ 647. 

.       ,  •,,  .  ci   .      X         u   ■  ur  1.       1    1888,  No.  9.  §§61,82. 

proves  incompetent  or  otherwise  unfit  to  teach  in  a  public  school.R.  l.  §§497, 498. 

,       .,  „-    ...  ♦■  f  I,  4.-  .      11  u         •  1876,No.50,§    10. 

revoke  the  same.     \V  I'lttcn  notice  of  such  revocation  shall  be  given  ises,  No.  27. 
to  the  teacher  and  to  one  of  the  board  of  school  directors  or  trustees.  i85s.  No.  1,  §'  4. 

CHAPTER  45. 

TOWN  SYSTEM  OF  SCHOOLS. 
Establishment. 

V.  S.  §  664. 

Sec.  978.     Town  to  constitute  a  district.  A  town  shall  constitute }|||;^°:  ^9;  5H.i6. 
a  district  for  school  purposes;  and  the  division  of  a  town  into  school  ffJ7o|jo.**i'6  §§  1  4 
districts  shall  no  longer  exist,  e.xcept  for  the  settlement  of  their|^  v'- Is'' 
pecuniary  affairs,  but  their  records  shall  lie  preserved  by  the  town,f4  yt'  ns 


24  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

is96,No.24,§  1.  Sec.  Q7Q.     Town  clerk  to  act  as   district  clerk,   when.     The 

town  clerk,  in  case  the  offices  of  clerk  and  prudential  committee 
are  vacant  in  a  district  whose  financial  affairs  are  not  settled, 
may  warn  a  meeting  of  such  district  as  a  resident  district  clerk. 
Said  clerk  or  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town  shall  attend  such 
meeting  and  preside  over  the  same  until  a  moderator  is  elected, 
v.s.  §  666.  Sec.  980.     Voters,  when  disqualified.     The  voters  in  a  district 

1892,  No.  21.  §23.         .  ■,...,  ,  ,i         ,      n  ^ 

1888, No. 9, §  139.  incorporated  by  a  special  act  oi  the  general  assembly  shall  not 
vote  in  town  meetings  for  the  officers  of,  nor  upon  any  matters 
pertaining  to,  the  schools  of  the  town. 

R.  1906,  §  S9S.  Sec.  981.     School  Meetings.     A  town  mav,  if  it  so  votes  at  an 

1904.  No.  43,  §§  1.2.  .  .  " 

1910!  No.  65.  §  4.  annual  town  meeting,  fix  a  date  for  holding  annual  town  meetings 
for  the  election  of  school  directors  and  for  other  school  purposes, 
provided  such  date  is  not  earlier  than  May  first  or  later  than  June 
thirtieth.  A  notice  of  the  proposed  change  shall  be  inserted  in  the 
warning  of  such  annual  town  meeting  upon  the  written  request 
of  ten  legal  voters  of  the  town. 

v.  .s.  §  667.  Sec.  982.     School  property.     A  town  shall  take  charge  of  its 

1892.  No.  20,  §   2.  ,         ,     ,  ,  ,      ,  ■  ,  ,        ,,       ,    1  X 

67,  vt..  108.  school    houses    and    propert v    iielongmg    thereto,  and    all    debts 

72Vt';63!  outstanding  that  have  accrued  for  the  purcha.se  of  land,  erection 

of  school  houses  and  repairs  thereon  shall  be  audited  and  paid 

by  the  town. 

TT        Q       K        AAA  •  • 

i888.No.9]§  13S.  Sec.  983.     School  houses.     A  town  shall  provide  and  maintain 

fsTe'.  No.^s,  ^'  suitable  school  houses,  and  the  location  and  construction  of  the 

R.s.is'.l  1.'  same  shall  beunderthecontrolof  the  board  of  school  directors. 

R- 1.906,  §  901.  Sec_  9g4.     Taxes.     A  town  may  raise  a  tax  on  its  grand  list 

V  .  to.  §    SOo. 

1888,  No.  9.  §  245.       to  purchase  or  hire  lands  or  buildings  for  school  purposes,  and  to 
»87o.  No.  16  build,  repair  or  furmsh  school  houses  that  may  be  needed  for  such 

R  S  18  I   13  tnwn  ^-  l'^^''-  P-  *^^-  ^  ^-       ^~^^-  P-  ^-       ^-  '"*''■  P-  l^'-  ^^-  ^'*-  ^^■ 

1827,Ni.23,  §    10.  l-OVVll. 

Elections. 

i906.No.  43.  §  X.  Sec.  985.     Ballots,  when  used.     In  town  districts  having  more 

1892VN0. 21,5  22.       than  four  thousand  inhabitants,  the  school  directors  shall  be  voted 

for  upon  a  separate  ballot  deposited  in  a  separate  ballot  box. 
JSSiJ'^T''-^,?,'^!,'.:  Sec.  986.     Women  may  vote  and  hold  office.     Women,  twentv- 

1906.  No.  43,  §§5.  ■'  'J 

X^i*'  it  "Sf'?®S'       one  years  of  age,  shall  have  the  same  right  as  men  to  vote  on  mat- 

1892.  No.  21.  §  22.  .     . 

1888.  No  9^ §^92^        tors  pertaining  to  schools  and  school  officers,  and  the  same  right 
18S0.  No.  103.  to  hold  elective  and  appointive  offices  relating  to  school  affairs. 

1880.  No.  104.  ^^  ^ 

55  vt.  61. 


63  Vt.  3S3. 


Directors. 


ipio, No  65, §  5.  Sec.  987.      Election;    term  of  office.      A   town   .shall  have   a 

'§St'?°iS-|  !         board  of  school  directors  consisting  of  three  citizens  of  the  town, 

1892.  No.  20,  §   4.  ^  ' 

1S8S.  No.  9  §  126.       one  of  whom  shall  be  elected  at  each  annual  meeting  of  the  town 

K.  L.  s    594.  *- 

l^\''-  ^.'^■}"-  ^^  ^■*-      and  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  for  three  vears,  beginning  the 

o9  \  t.  202.  ,  ^     ^       7         o  o 

59  Vt.  658.  first  day  of  July  following,  and  until  a  successor  is  elected. 

y„*,lT®'',^  e  .  Sec.  988.     Vacancies.     The  selectmen  may  temporarilv  fill  a 

1892.  No.  20,  §   4.  .'  i  . 

?c.-^,-  if  ^^l'  ''?^^:,  .,  c  vacancv  in  the  board  of  school  directors  until  an  election  is  had, 

18/0,  No.  10.  §8  2.  3,  o.  "  .  ' 

and  a  record  thereof  shall  be  made  in  the  town  clerk's  office. 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  25 

Sec.  989.     Oath;  chairman.     School  directors  shall  be  sworny-f'-§  672.     ^ 
and,  on  or  before  the  third  day  of  July,  annually,  elect  one  of  their  }■''*>'!  .vo.dII  T27. 

J  J  J  .  .  K.  L.  §§  595,597. 

number  chairman,  and  file  a  certificate  of  his  election  for  record  i9io.  No.  65.  §  6. 

in  the  town  clerk's  office  within  five  days. 

Sec.  990.     Duties.     The  board  of  school  directors  shall  havei902.  No.  26.  §  1. 

1898,  No.  20, 5  4. 
the  care  of  the  school  property  of  the  town  and  the  management  v.  .s.§  673. 

•      ,  ,  ■       ,  1  ■  1894,  No.  16. 5     1. 

of  its  schools,  keep  the  school  houses  suitably  repaired  and  insured,  i892,  No.  20. }  5. 

^  ■  ,-        ,        1  ,  I8SS,  No.  9,  §   129. 

determine  the  number  and  location  of  schools,  employ  teachersKL.  s  597. 

,    .  .    .       ISjfj,  No.  46. 

and  fix  their  compensation,   examine  and   allow  claims  arismgiwo.  No.  10,  §  7. 
therefrom  and  draw  orders  on  the  town  treasurer  in  paymentss  v^ssi. 
thereof,  have  authority  to  designate  the  schools  which  shall  be67vt.  150. 
attended  by  the  various  pupils,  and  make  regulations  not  incon- 
sistent with  law  as  to  carrying  the  powers  granted  them  into  effect. 

Sec.  991.     Liability.     If  a  board  of  school  directors  authorizes  R- 1906.  §  90s. 

■'  V.  S.  §    797. 

a  payment  not  authorized  by  law,  each  member  thereof  shall  beisss.  N0.9,  §  87. 

'  .  .  ,■  .  R.  L.  §  495. 

liable  to  the  town  for  the  money  so  i)aid,  to  be  recovered  in  ano.  .s.22.  §  59. 

■'        '  18.50.  .\o.  39. 

action  on  this  statute. 

Sec.  992.     Appropriations.     Said  board  shall  annually  reeom-i906,  .\o.  35, 5  1. 

.    .'^       "^  .  ,  ".  V.  S.  §    674. 

mend  m  writing   to   the  town   meeting,  the   amount  ot    money  1892.  No.  20,  §  u. 
necessaiy  to  be  appropriated  for  the  use  of  schools. 

Sec.  993.     School  houses  and  sites.     Said   board   shall   havev.  .s,  §  bts. 

,,,.,,.  1S92,  .No.  21,§    19. 

power  to  purchase  .sites,  erect  school  houses  or  sell  buildings  orR.  l.  5  6o:i. 
•  >  ,      •      , ,  ^1  I  '**""■  -"^°-  "*■  §  8. 

sites,  when  authorized  by  a  vote  of  the  town  so  to  do. 

Sec.  994.  Report.  Said  board  shall  annually,  on  or  before  July  v.  .s.^  676. 

1892,  No  -'O  §    ID 

fifteenth  make  a  full  printed  report  of  its  doings  together  with  an  isss,  No.  9,  §  134! 
exhibit  of  orders  drawn  for  school   purposes   and  file  a  copy  of  itiio.  No.  6.5,  §  7. 
same  with  the  town  clerk. 

Sec.  995.  Statement  of  expenditures.  Said  board  shall  annually,  i898.  No.  20,  §  s. 
on  or  before  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  prepare  its  report  to  theisoo.  .\2.  o!§  2. 
town,  and  return  to  the  town  clerk  an  itemized  statement  under  ihi"!  Xo!  65,  s's.' 
oath  of  the  actual  cash  expenditures  of  the  town  for  the  preceding 
school  year  for  school  purposes;  and  no  town  shall  be  entitled  to 
receive  any  portion  of  its  school  moneys  unless  such  return  is  made. 

Sec.  996.     Compensation.     The  compensation  of  school  direc-v.  s.  §  67,s. 
tors  shall  be  such  sum  as  the  town  votes  at  an  annual  town  meeting,  is.ss!  No'  5.  \  xzh. 
for  the  time  actually  spent  in  the  performance  of  their  duties;is76'.No.  46. 
and  their  account  shall  be  audited  and  allowed  as  those  of  other 
town  officers. 

Clerk. 

Sec.  997.     Appointment;  compensation.       The  "board  of  school  i?9s.no.^20,  §  5. 
directors  shall  appoint  a  clerk,  who  shall  serve  until  his  successor  }^|o.  No.  5,  |  2.^^  ^^^ 
is  appointed  and  shall  be  paid  upon  the  order  of  said  board. 

Sec.  998.     Directors  to  act  as,  when.     In  case  of  the  absence,  Ri906^|^9 15. 
disability  or  neglect  of  the  clerk,  his  duties  shall  be  performed  !»»»•  No^.  9^.  §  85. 
by  the  board  of  school  directors.  ^'-  ^-  --•  §  -'B- 

Sec.  999.     Records  and  returns.     Said   clerk  shall  keep  a  per-i898.No^20,§  5. 
manent  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board,  and  shall  make '888,  .No. 9, 5   128 

'  '^  '  .  K.  L.  p  a\i,  o96. 

such  returns  as  the  superintendent  of  education  may  require.  }874"no'  39 

G.  S.  22,  \   37.  1856.  No.  37, 1  1.  R.  S.  18.  {  10.  1908.  No.  37.  §  21.  1908.  No.  37.  %   21. 1 187o!  No!  loi  {  6. 


26  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

i898.No  20,  §  6,  Sec.   1000.     List  of  children  of  school  age.     Said  clerk  shall 

1892,  No.  21,  §§5, 7.     annually,   between  June  twentieth   and  June  thirtieth,   prepare 

1892,No.  20. 1   13.  ■^  .  ...  ,  ^  ,        ,  -,  1       /• 

1888.  No.  9,  §  170.      an  accuratc  list  containine  the  name  and  age  of  each  child  of 

1910,  No.  65, 1  9.  ,        ,  .  ,.         .         ,  ,      ,  r     , 

school  age  residing  in  the  town,  and  the  name  of  the  parent  or 
other  person  having  control  of  such  child,  and  shall  keep  such 
list  on  file  and  make  such  report  therefrom  as  the  superintendent 
of  education  may  require.  He  shall  be  paid  by  the  town,  for 
taking  such  census,  four  cents  for  each  person  of  school  age. 
R.  1906, §918.  Sec.  1001.     False  information;  penalty.     If  a   person  having 

i892,No.  21,  §  6.        control  of  a  child  between  the  ages  of  five  and  eighteen  years 

1888,  No.  9. 5   169.  ,  .  ,  ,      ,     .     ^  .  ,  ^  i        i  -i  i 

refuses  to  give  the  clerk  information  as  to  the  age  oi  such  child, 

or  falsely  states  the  same,  he  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  twenty 

dollars  nor  less  than  five  dollars. 

1896,  No.  19,  §  7.  Sec.  1002.     Registers.       Said    clerk    shall    procure    from    the 

1892,  No.  21,  §§  10,  is.town  clei'k  the  registers  for  the  schools  of  the  town,  assign  one  for 

R    T     SS  filQ    fiOO  /  LJ 

1878^  No.  117, F'l.      each  school,  fill  in  respectively  the  names  and  ages  of  the  children 

1876,No.52,|§»l.  ,      .  '  .   ,     ,  ,  ,  ,  f    ,.  ,1 

1874.  No.  53,  s  4.        designated  or  entitled  to  attend  each  and  on  or  before  the  opening 

1872  No  18  9   '^ 

i9io!  No!  65!  §  10.  of  the  fall  term  of  school  he  shall  deliver  to  the  teacher  thereof  the 
proper  register  and  a  list  of  such  children  as  may  be  entitled  to 
enrollment.  For  the  safe  keeping  of  the  school  registers,  the 
clerk  of  the  school  board  .shall  be  responsible. 

NO.  73,  ACTS  OF   1910. 

Medical  Inspection. 

Sec.  1.  Appointment  of  medical  inspectors.  The  school  direc- 
tors of  any  town  or  city,  or  the  school  committee  of  any  incorpor- 
ated district,  may  appoint  one  or  more  mwlical  inspectors  for  their 
schools,  provided  the  legal  voters  of  such  town,  city,  or  incorporated 
district  at  their  annual  school  meeting  by  vote  instruct  said  direc- 
tors or  committee  so  to  do.  The  compensation  of  such  inspector? 
shall  be  fixed  by  the  school  directors  or  prudential  committee. 

Sec.  2.  Physical  examination  of  pupils  in  public  schools.  Such 
medical  inspectors  shall  examine  the  pupils  of  said  schools,  and  in 
all  things  comply  with  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  promul- 
gated by  the  state  board  of  health  relating  thereto. 

Sec.  3.  Physical  examination  of  pupils  in  private  schools.  Said 
inspector  shall,  under  the  same  regulations,  examine  the  pupil.s  of 
any  piivate  school  when  requested  so  to  do  by  the  principal  thereof, 
or  whenever  any  communicable  disease  is  present  in  any  town  or 
city  in  which  such  private  school  may  be  located,  or  when  the  pupils 
thereof  may  have  been  exposed  to  any  communicable  disease. 

NO.  40,  ACTS  OF  1908. 

Manual  Training. 

Sec.  1.  Establishment  of  manual  training  courses.  Any  high 
or  grammar  school  whose  course  of  study  or  outline   or  work  in 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  27 

manual  training  has  been  approved  by  the  state  superintendent  of 
education,  may,  upon  application,  be  placed  upon  an  approved^list 
of  schools  maintaining  manual  training  departments.  A  school 
once  entered  upon  such  list  may  remain  there  and  be  entitled  to 
state  aid  so  long  as  the  scope  and  character  of  its  work  are  main- 
tained in  such  manner  as  to  meet  the  approval  of  said  superinten- 
dent. On  the  first  day  of  July  in  each  year  the  clerk  of  each  school 
board  maintaining  a  school  on  the  approved  list  or  the  city  super- 
intendent of  any  city  where  such  an  approved  school  is  maintained, 
shall  report  to  the  state  superintendent  of  education  in  such  form  as 
may  be  required,  setting  forth  the  facts  relating  to  the  cost  of 
maintaining  the  manual  training  department  thereof,  the  character 
of  the  work  done,  the  number  and  names  of  teachers  employed, 
and  the  length  of  time  such  department  was  maintained  during 
the  preceding  year.  And  upon  the  receipt  of  such  report,  if  it 
shall  appear  that  the  department  has  been  maintained  in  a  satis- 
factory manner  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  six  months  during  the 
year,  the  said  superintendent  shall  make  a  certificate  to  that  effect 
and  file  it  with  the  auditor  of  accounts.  Upon  receiving  such 
certificate,  the  auditor  of  accounts  shall  draw  an  order  for  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  payable  to  the  treasurer  of  the  town,  city 
or  district  maintaining  the  school ;  provided  that  the  total  amount 
expended  for  such  pui-pose  shall  not  exceed  five  thousand  dollars 
in  any  year. 

Sec.  2.  Industrial  schools  for  a  group  of  towns.  Two  or  more 
towns  may  unite  as  a  district  for  the  maintenance  of  the  industrial 
schools  provided  for  in  the  preceding  section,  but  no  such  district 
shall  be  created  without  the  approval  of  the  superintendent  of 
education. 

NO.  41,  ACTS  OF  1908. 

Secret  Societies. 

Sec.  1.  Pupils  debarred.  No  pupil  registered  as  such  and  at- 
tending any  public  school  in  the  state  which  is  wholly  or  partly 
maintained  by  public  funds  shall  join,  become  a  member  of  or 
solicit  any  other  pupil  of  such  school  to  join  or  become  a  member 
of  any  secret  fraternity,  club  or  society  wholly  or  partially  formed 
from  the  membership  of  pupils  attending  such  school,  or  take  part 
in  the  organization  or  formation  of  any  such  fraternitj',  club  or 
society  or  the  continuation  of  any  such  existing  fraternity,  club, 
society  or  association,  except  such  societies  or  associations  as  are 
sanctioned  by  the  school  authorities  after  an  impartial  investiga- 
tion of  their  nature,  in  the  course  of  which  the  members  of  any 
such  existing  fraternity,  club,  society  or  association  shall  be  given 
full  opportunity  to  be  heard  in  person  or  by  deputy.  The  de- 
cision of  said  school  authorities,  however,  shall  be  final. 


28  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

Sec.  2.    School  oflScial  to  enforce  law.     The  school  directors, 

commissioners  or  other  school  authorities  of  the  several  towns, 
villages  and  incorporated  school  districts  shall  enforce  the  pro- 
visions of  the  preceding  section  in  their  respective  towns,  villages 
or  incorporated  school  districts  and  shall  have  full  power  and 
authority  to  make,  adopt  and  modify  all  rules  and  regulations 
which  in  their  judgment  may  be  necessarj-  for  the  proper  governing 
of  such  schools  and  enforcing  all  of  the  provisions  of  the  preceding 
section. 

Sec.  3.  Penalty.  The  school  directors,  commissioners  or  other 
school  authorities  of  the  several  towns,  villages  and  incorporated 
school  districts  shall  have  power  and  authority,  pursuant  to  rules 
and  regulations  made  and  adopted  by  them  for  that  purpose,  to 
suspend  or  dismiss  any  pupil  of  such  schools  therefrom  or  to  pre- 
vent such  pupil  or  any  of  them  from  graduating  or  participating 
in  school  honors,  when,  after  investigation,  in  the  judgment  of 
such  school  directors,  commissioners  or  others  school  authorities 
or  a  majority  of  them,  such  pupil  is  guilty  of  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  of  the  second  preceding  section  or  is  guilt}-  of  violating 
a  rule  or  regulation  adopted  by  sucli  directors,  commissioners  or 
other  school  authorities  for  the  purpose  of  governing  such  schools 
or  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  the  provisions  of  such  second  pre- 
ceding section. 

Sec.  4.  No  debarment  from  joining  certain  societies.  The 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  membership  in  temperance 
or  religious  societies  or  associations  of  anj'  kind  or  to  societies  or 
any  form  of  associations  which  have  been  established  in  a  given 
communit.y  for  the  moral  advancement  of  its  youth. 

NO.  67,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Flags. 

The  board  of  school  directors  and  the  corresponding  officers  in 
school  districts  shall  cause  to  be  erected  on  each  school  house,  or 
on  the  premises  belonging  thereto,  a  suitable  flag  pole,  and  shall, 
while  school  is  in  session,  at  such  times  as  they  may  direct,  cause 
a  United  States  flag,  which  shall  not  be  lettered  or  marked  in  any 
way,  to  be  displayed  thereon.  Any  person  violating  the  provis- 
sions  of  this  act  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  ten  dollars. 

NO.  66,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Pensions. 

Sec.  1.  Teachers  may  be  pensioned  frcm  the  moneys  raised 
by  town-s  or  incorporated  districts  for  school  purposes. 

Sec.  2.  A  teacher  who  has  taught  in  a  public  school  in  this 
state  thirty  years  is  eligible  to  receive  a  pension. 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  29 

Sec.  3.  No  pension  voted  by  town  or  incorporated  district 
shall  exceed  one-half  the  average  annual  salary  received  by  the 
teacher  during  the  last  five  years  of  service. 

Sec.  4.  A  pension  may  be  voted  by  town  or  incorporated  dis- 
trict on  recommendation  of  the  school  directors  or  prudential 
committee  at  the  annual  school  meeting  or  at  a  special  meeting 
called  by  the  school  authorities  for  such  purpose. 

CHAPTER  46. 

INSTRUCTION  IN  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOLS. 
Maintenance  of  Schools. 
Sec.  1003.     Number  of  weeks  required;  studies.     A  town  shall  v.  s.  55683,822. 

.       ^  ,  .    ,  ,        .  „    .  1894,  No3.  17, 18. 

maintain  for  at  least  twenty-eight  weeks  in  a  year  a  sumcienti892,  No.  9,  §5  95,  97, 
number  of  schools  for  the  instruction  of  children  who   may  legally  1886!  No.  32. 

1884  No  28 

attend  the  public  schools  therein,  and  such  schools  shall  be  kepti882;No9. 26, 21. 

.  .  t,    R.  L.  55  658,  560. 

by  teachers  of  competent  ability  and  of  good  morals.     Pupilsisso,  >fo.  98,  §  1. 

/    „    ,         .  ,    .  ,    ,      ,         •  ,?  ■    ■  ,,-  1876,  No.  48. 

shall  be  instructed  in  good  behavior,  reading,  writing,  spelling,G.  s.  22,  §  19. 
English    grammar,    geography,    arithmetic,    free    hand    drawing,  1827,  No.  23,  §  i. 
the  history  and  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  in  elemen-32Vt.  224! 

56  Vt  551. 

tary  physiology'  and  hygiene,  with  special  reference  to  the  effect 
of  alcoholic  drinks  and  narcotics  on  the  human  system,  and  shall 
receive  special  instruction  in  the  geography,  historj',  constitution 
and  principles  of  the  government  of  Vermont. 

Sec.    1004.     Special  instruction.     The  board   of   school   direc-i906.  No.  49,  §  1. 

.  .  .  .  .  .  .  \'.  S.  §5  686, 823. 

tors  may  provide  for  daily  instruction  in  vocal  music,  phj'sical  isss.  No.  9,  §  96. 

1  •  1      1        •      1  •    I  1         ■  ^^  ^^-  658. 

culture,  drawing  and  the  industrial  arts  and  sciences,  by  a  reg- 
ular teacher  or  teachers;  anil  a  town  may  instruct  its  directors 
to  provide  for  such  instruction  by  a  teacher  or  teachers  employed 
for  such  purpose. 

Sec.    1005.     Commemorative   exercises.     The   last   half   day'sv.  s.  5  684. 
session  of  the  public  schools  before  Memorial  Day  shall  be  de- 
voted to  exercises  commemorative  of  the  historj'  of  the  nation 
during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  and  to  patriotic  instruction  in 
the  principles  of  liberty  and  the  equal  rights  of  man. 

Location  of  Schools,  and  Conveyance  and  Board  of  Pupils. 

Sec.  1006.     School  directors'  duties.     Schools  shall  be  located  1904.  No.  .36,  f  i. 

1900,  No.  21,5   1. 

in  such  places  and  held  at  such  times  as,  m  the  judgment  of  theis9.s.  No. 23, |  1. 

'  .  )  J        o  V.  S.  5   685. 

board  of  school  directors,  will  best  subserve  the  interests  of  educa- 1892,  No.  20,  §  6. 

,     .        ,  .,      ,.    ,  ,     ,  ,.  1888.  No.  9,  §5105,1.33, 

tion  and  give  the  pupils  of  the  town  equal  advantages  so  far  as    i.is- 

practicable.       Said  board  may,  in  its  discretion,  provide  convcy-R.  £."§5  564, 597, 

ance  for  pupils  to  and  from  school  at  the  expense  of  the  town 

from  such  points  as  it  designates,  or  may  pay  a  reasonable  sum 

for  the  board  of  such  pupils  while  in  attendance  upon  school. 


30  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

R.  1906,  §  923.  Sec.   1007.     Appeal  from  action  of  directors.       An  interested 

i90o!  No.  21,'  §  1.        person  may  appeal  from  the  action  of  the  board  of  school  directors 

189S,No.23,  §   1.  ^        ,  J      t't'  ^  .    ,         ,       ,  ,       ,,  e 

1908,  No.  38,  §  1.  to  the  town  or  union  superintendent,  as  to  the  conveyance  ot 
pupils,  the  designation  of  a  particular  school  for  a  pupil  to  attend, 
insufficient  school  accommodations,  or,  in  case  of  attendance 
upon  a  school  in  another  town,  as  to  the  number  of  weeks  of  school 
attendance.  Such  appeal  shall  be  taken  by  a  petition  signed  by 
five  taxpayers  of  the  town. 

1904,  No.  36,  §  1.  Sec,  1008.     Hearing  on   appeal.     On   notice   of  such   appeal, 

1900,  No.  21,  §   1.  ,  .  ■  ,  ,      ,,  ■    ,         .-  1      , 

1898,  No.  23,  §  1.        the  town  or  union  superintendent  shall  appoint  a  time  and  place 

1908,No,38,  §  2  ...  ,  ■  ,         ,  ,  i  i  •    •       j.     1 

of  hearing  thereon  m  the  town  where  such  appeal  originated. 
Such  appeal  shall  bo  heard  by  the  town  or  union  superintendent, 
as  the  case  may  be,  and  by  two  other  persons,  one  of  whom  shall 
be  selected  by  the  appellant  and  the  other  by  the  board  of  school 
directors;  and  if  either  party  fails  to  select  a  referee,  said  town  or 
union  superintendent  and  the  referee  selected  by  the  other  party 
shall  select  a  second  referee,  and  the  question  shall  be  decided 
by  the  superintendent  and  the  two  referees  so  chosen.  Said 
appeal  shall  be  to  the  union  superintendent  if  the  appellant  resides 
in  a  union  district,  if  not,  then  to  the  town  superintendent.  The 
decision  shall  be  rendered  in  writing  to  the  board  of  school  directors, 
and  said  board  shall  act  as  directed  therein. 

Kindergartens. 

1900,  No.  26,  §  1.  Sec.  1009.     Establishment.     The    board    of    school    directors 

i89|^N^o^.|4,  §  1.        ^^^^^_  establish  and  maintain  kindergartens  into  which  children 
i888;no!9.  §  151.       under  five  years  of  age  may  be  received.     Svich  kindergartens  as 

conform  to  the  laws  governing  public  schools  shall  be  considered 

public  schools. 

Evening  Schools. 

Sec.  1010.  Establishment;  studies.  A  town  may  estabHsh  and 
maintain  evening  schools  which  shall  be  conducted  as  day  schools 
except  as  herein  provided.  A  session  of  an  evening  school  may 
be  treated  as  a  half  day's  session  of  a  public  school.  A  person 
desirous  of  learning  to  speak  and  read  the  English  language,  or  of 
pursuing  the  studies  required  to  be  taught  in  public  schools,  or  of 
studying  commercial  subjects,  may  be  admitted  as  a  pupil  into  an 
evening  school  upon  such  terms  as  the  board  of  school  directors 
prescribes. 

Non-Resident  Pupils. 

V.  s.  K  688,830.  Sec.  1011.     Instruction.     The  board  of  school  directors  may 

1892,  No.  20,  §  8.  .  .  ,  ,        ,  TV.  • .       ..  -1 

1388,  No.  9,  §§   106  receive   into   the   schools  under  its   charge   non-resident  pupils, 
R.  L.  i  59S.  under  such  terms  and  restrictions  as  it  deems  best;  and  money 

1870,No.  10,  §  9.  .        ,    ,  ,        .  .  ,.  ,  •,,,,,-,•,      XI   - 

64,  vt.  511.  received  for  the  instruction  of  such  pupils  shall  be  paid  into  the 

64  vt.  527. 

school  fund  of  the  town. 


1886,  No.  32. 


R.  1906,  i 

!  927, 

1898, 

,No. 

28,5 

1. 

V.S. 

§  834.  ' 

1888, 

,No. 

9,5 

165. 

R.L. 

§  678.' 

1874, 

,No. 

37,  § 

2. 

VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  31 

Sec.  1012.  Same.  A  child  residing  in  the  vicinity  of  a  school  isas,  No.  25,  §  i. 
in  an  adjoining  town,  who  can  be  better  accommodated  in  such 
school,  may  demand  the  privileges  of  the  same.  The  tuition 
charged  shall  be  paid  from  the  school  money  of  the  town  in  which 
said  pupil  is  a  resident;  and  the  tuition  paid  shall  not  be  greater 
than  the  cost  per  pupil  per  week  for  the  maintenance  of  such  school, 
provided  that  the  same  does  not  e.xceed  one  dollar  per  week. 

Elementary  Schools. 

Sec.   1013.     Definition.     A   school   performing   the   work   pre-i906,  No.  53.  §  1 
scribed  in  a  nine  years'  cour.se  of  study,  or  part  thereof,  prepared 
by  the  superintendent  of  education  for  ungraded  schools,  shall  be 
considered  an  elementary  school. 

Transportation. 

Sec.  1014.  Transportation  and  board  of  pupils.  Twenty '^o^,  No.  53,  §  2. 
thousand  dollars  is  hereby  annually  set  aside  in  the  state  treasury 
for  the  purpose  of  aiding  towns  which  have  furnished,  during  the 
preceding  school  year,  transportation  and  board  for  their  resident 
pupils  in  attendance  upon  the  elementary  schools.  A  board  of 
division  which  shall  consist  of  the  governor,  state  treasurer  and 
superintendent  of  education  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  July,  apportion  such  amount  among  the  several  towns 
which  have  furnished  such  transportation  and  board  and  which 
have  raised  by  taxation  and  expended  fifty  percent  or  more  on 
their  respective  grand  lists  for  school  puiposes,  excluding  interest 
on  the  United  States  deposit  fund,  the  state  school  tax  and  money 
for  new  school  houses,  in  the  following  ratio:  to  towns  having 
raised  and  expended  fifty  percent  or  more,  one  share  per  dollar 
■  expended  for  transportation  and  board;  to  towns  having  raised 
and  expended  sixty  percent  or  more,  one  and  one-half  shares;  and 
to  towns  having  raised  and  expended  seventy  percent  or  more, 
two  shares.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  apportionment,  said 
board  shall  forthwith  transmit  the  same  to  the  state  treasurer, 
who  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July,  pay  the 
several  towns  according  to  the  portion  assigned  by  said  board. 

Sec.  1015.     Returns  by  board  of  school  directors.     The  board  i9io,  No.  65.5  u. 

■'  .      .  1906,  No.  53, 1  3. 

of  school  directors  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  thirtieth  day 
of  June,  furnish  to  the  town  clerk,  on  a  blank  to  be  furnished  said 
board  by  the  superintendent  of  education,  a  sworn  statement  of 
the  actual  expenditures  by  said  board  for  transportation  and  board 
of  resident  pupils  in  attendance  upon  the  elementary  schools; 
and  the  town  clerk  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of 
July,  upon  a  blank  to  be  furnished  him  by  said  superintendent, 
certify  to  said  superintendent  the  sum  expended  by  said  board  for 
transportation   and   board   of   resident   pupils,   and    the   percent 


32  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

actually  expended  for  school  purposes,  excluding  interest  on  the 
United  States  deposit  fund,  the  state  school  tax  and  money  ex- 
pended for  new  school  buildings.  No  town  shall  be  entitled  to 
any  portion  of  the  sum  hereinbefore  set  aside  unless  such  certificate 
is  made  as  herein  required. 

CHAPTER  47. 

INSTRUCTION  IN  HIGH  SCHOOLS  AND  ACADEMIES. 

1908,  No.  39,  §  1.  Sec.   1016.     Definitions.     For  the  purooses  of  this  chapter,  a 

R.  1906,  §  932.  . 

1904, No. 37, §■  4.        high  school  shall  be  a  school  of  any  one  of  the  following  classes: 

1902,No.27,§  4.  '^  i.       ,      f       j-  ,  11 

first  class,  a  school  oi  a  four  years  course  or  courses;  second  class, 
a  school  of  a  three  years'  course  or  courses;  third  class,  a  school  of 
a  two  years'  course  or  courses;  fourth  class,  a  school  of  a  one  year 
course  or  courses. 

The  course  or  courses  of  instruction  in  each  school  in  any  one 
of  the  four  classes  shall  begin  immediately  at  the  completion  of 
an  elementary  course  of  nine  years. 

Each  school  .shall  be  considered  a  single  school,  in  and  for  which 
a  single  register  shall  be  kept  and  returned  according  to  law,  and 
each  shall  be  maintained  at  least  thirty-six  weeks  in  the  school 
year  and  shall  be  taught  by  a  teacher  or  teachers  of  competent 
ability,  of  good  morals  and  legal  certification;  and,  in  each,  in- 
struction shall  be  given  in  English  language  and  literature,  higher 
mathematics,  histoiy,  natural  science  and,  in  schools  of  the  first 
and  second  class,  ancient  and  modern  languages;  and  instruction 
may  be  given  in  political,  social,  moral  and  industrial  sciences, 
commercial  subjects,  ancient  and  modern  languages,  music  and 
physical  culture,  and  in  the  fine  and  mechanical  arts. 

The  course  or  courses  and  subjects  of  study  for  each  school 
shall  be  prescribed  by  the  superintendent  of  eckication,  and  each 
school  shall  conform  thereto. 

An  educational  institution  legally  incorporated  and  provitUng 
instruction  equivalent  to  that  of  a  high  school  of  any  class  shall 
be  an  academy. 

Maintenance  of  High  Schools. 

R.  i906,§  9.S4.  Sec.  1017.     Towns  to  maintam,  etc.     A  town  shall  maintain 

1902',  No'.  27',  f§  i,'2,'3.a  high  school  or  furnish  higher  instruction  for  its  advanced  pupils 

1900  No.  22,1    1.  '^    '^     . 

V. s.  §  687.  as  follows:  the  board  of  school  directors  shall,  at  an  expense  not 

1894,  No.  19,  §   1.  ,.,,,,  ,-11,  J- 

1892,  No.  20, 5  7.        to  excsed  eight  dollars  a  term  or  twenty-lour  dollars  a  year  lor 

'597.'  '       "each  pupil,  unless  the  board  of  school  directors  is  authorized  by 

1880,  No.  97, 5  1-  .    ,  ,  .  ,  •  ■  ■  ,  ,  r 

1876,  No.  42.  vote  of  the  town  to  pay  a  higher  tuition,  provide  and  arrange  tor 

1869,  No.  9,  §  1.  ,      .  .  ,.,,.,.         ,  .  1        ,      ,     r         • 

78Vt.  383.  the  instruction  of  advanced  pupils  in  a  high  school  ol  an  incor- 

porated district  or  an  academy  within  the  town,  or  in  the  high 
schools  or  academies  of  other  towns  within  or  without  the  state. 
If  a  town  does  not  maintain  a  high  school  of  the  first  class,  the 


^'ERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  33 

board  of  school  directors  shall  provide  and  arrange  for  the  instruc- 
tion of  the  advanced  pupils  of  the  town,  for  the  remaining  years 
necessaiy  to  complete  the  course  or  courses  of  study  in  a  high 
school  of  the  first  class,  in  a  high  school  of  an  incoiporated  district 
or  academy  within  the  town,  or  in  the  high  schools  or  academies 
of  other  towns  within  or  without  the  state. 

Qualifications  of  Pupils  for  Advanced  Instruction. 
Sec.    1018.     Examination.     Whenever    a    pupil    demands    theisio^N"??' f  !• 

^     ^  .     1906,  No.  ol.§    1. 

payment  of  his  tuition  for  the  first  year  of  a  four-year  course  in 
a  high  school  of  another  town,  or  in  an  academy,  as  provided  by 
this  chapter,  the  superintendent  of  the  town  in  which  said  pupil 
resides  shall  hold  an  examination,  as  provided  in  the  following 
section,  for  determining  his  qualifications  for  entrance  upon  such 
high  school  or  academy.  j\_ny  student  having  completed  without 
conditions  such  first  year  shall  be  entitled  to  payment  of  his 
tuition  by  the  town  of  his  residence,  and  without  examination, 
for  the  remaining  three  years  of  a  four-year  course. 

Sec.    1019.     Examination   papers.     Said   superintendent   shall  isio.  No.  6,s,  s  2. 

^    '^    .  ^  .  1906,  No.  51.  §  2. 

procure  papers  for  such  examination  from  the  superintendent  of 
education,  conduct  the  examination  in  accordance  with  instruc- 
tions and  regulations  prescribed  by  him,  and  forward  the  papers 
written  by  applicants  to  said  superintendent  of  education  who 
shall  determine  the  ratings  of  said  pupils  in  the  various  school 
subjects,  and  notify  the  superintendent  of  the  town  concerning 
the  same.  Upon  receiving  such  ratings,  said  town  or  the  union 
superintendent  may  determine  in  regard  to  qualifications  of  said 
pupils  for  advanced  instruction.  All  expense  incurred  in  cariying 
out  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  met  and  allowed  in  the  same 
manner  as  the  expense  of  examination  and  certification  of  teachers. 

Sec.  1020.     Liability  of  town  for  tuition.     A  town  shall  noti9io.No.6s.5  3. 

...  •'  .  1906,  No.  .51,1  3. 

pay  the  tuition  of  any  pupil  for  the  first  year  of  a  four-year  course 
until  said  pupil  has  been  found  qualified  by  the  town  or  union 
superintendent  to  enter  upon  such  course,  nor  shall  a  town  pay 
tuition  of  any  pupil  receiving  advanced  instruction  except  to  an 
academy  or  a  high  school  approved  by  said  superintendent. 

Standard  of  High  Schools  and  Academies. 
Sec.  1021.     Superintendent  to  determine;  appeal.     The  super- loofi.  No.  51.  sj  1,  2. 

,  ,  .  >      ff  I         ,(,06,  No.  50,  f  2. 

intendent  of  education  shall,  on  request,  determine  and  establishi«04,  N0.37, 5  5. 

.  1902,  No.  27.  JJ  6,7. 

the  standard  of  any  high  school  or  academy.  An  interested 
person  may  appeal  to  said  superintendent,  whose  decision  shall 
be  final,  from  the  action  of  the  board  of  school  directors  in  regard 
to  the  high  school  or  academy  designated  for  attendance  or  the 
tuition  to  be  paid  for  advanced  instruction.  No  person  shall  be 
deprived  of  such  instruction  by  reason  of  age. 


34  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

Duties  of  Town  Clerk. 

Sec.  1022.  Statistics.  A  town  clerk,  in  case  pupils  are  pro- 
3-  vided  with  higher  instruction  under  this  chapter,  shall  annually,  on 
or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July  furnish  the  superintendent  of  edu- 
cation, on  a  blank  to  be  supplied  by  him,  a  certified  statement  of 
the  name,  age  and  attendance  of  each  pupil,  the  school  attended, 
the  amount  of  tuition  paid  for  each  pupil  for  the  school  year  ending 
June  thirtieth  preceding,  and  the  aggregate  amount  so  expended, 
not  exceeding  twenty-four  dollars  per  pupil  per  school  year.  Said 
superintendent  shall  forthwith  transmit  such  statement  to  the 
auditor  of  accounts. 

Appropriation. 

1906;  No!  to;  I  i!  Sec.  1023.     Disbursement.     The  state  treasurer  shall  annually, 

igol;  No;  27',  I  i'.  on  the  order  of  the  auditor  of  accounts  and  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  September,  pay  to  the  several  towns  which  have  paid  tuition 
for  advanced  instruction  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, 
sums  as  follows,  according  to  and  based  on  tuitions  not  exceeding 
twenty-four  dollars  per  pupil  per  school  year:  to  towns  having  ex- 
pended for  school  purposes,  not  including  new  buildings,  during 
the  preceding  school  year,  fifty  percent  or  more  of  their  grand  lists, 
in  addidion  to  all  other  school  moneys,  a  sum  equal  to  one-half  the 
amount  expended  for  tuitions;  to  towns  having  expended  sixty 
percent  or  more,  a  sum  equal  to  three-fourths  of  the  amount  so 
expended;  and  to  towns  having  expended  seventy  percent  or 
more,  a  sum  equal  to  the  amount  so  expended. 

NO.  68,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Sec.  5.     Examinations  in  towns  having  a  High  School.     The 

superintendent  of  a  town  in  which  a  high  school  is  maintained 
may  determine  the  qualifications  of  elementarj^'  pupils  to  enter 
such  high  school,  or  he  may  require  said  pupils  to  take  the  state 
examination  for  advanced  insti'uction,  may  send  the  papers 
of  said  pupils  to  the  superintendent  of  education  and,  upon  receiv- 
ing their  ratings,  may  determine  their  qualifications. 

Sec.  6.  Tuition  to  local  Academy.  If,  in  any  town  not  main- 
taining a  high  school  of  the  first_class,  an  approved  academy  of 
the  first  class  is  located,  tuition  for  advanced  instruction  shall  be 
paid  to  such  approved  academy  only,  unless  applicants  for  such 
advanced  instruction  can  be  accommodated  in  first  class  high 
schools  or  academies  nearer  their  homes. 

Sec.  7.  Book-rent.  In  case  the  school  board  of  a  town  main- 
taining a  high  school,  or  the  board  of  trustees  of  an  academy,  does 
not  charge  tuition,  but  charges  book  rent  in  lieu  of  tuition,  such 
book  rent  shall  be  paid  by  a  town  which  does  not  maintain  a  first 
class  high  school  and  which  has  resident  students  in  attendance 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  35 

upon  such  high  schools  or  academy,  and  rebate  shall  be  made 
therefor  by  the  state  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the  same  pro- 
visions as  rebate  is  made  for  advanced  instruction. 

Sec.  8.  Promotion  of  non-resident  Pupil.  A  pupil  who  holds  a 
certificate  of  graduation  from  the  ninth  grade  of  a  graded  school 
of  a  town  or  an  incorporated  district  maintaining  a  high  school  of 
the  first  class  shall  bo  entitled  to  receive  from  the  town  or  union 
superintendent  a  certificate  of  his  qualifications  to  enter  without 
examination  upon  a  course  in  the  high  school  of  such  town  or 
incorporated  district,  and,  if  a  non-resident  of  such  town  or  in- 
corporated district,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  payment  of  his  tuition 
by  the  town  of  his  residence  for  such  course  in  such  high  school. 

NO.  46,  ACTS  OF  1908. 

Grammar  School  Lands. 

Section  1.  The  school  directors  of  any  town  within  which 
grammar  school  lands  are  located,  provided  the  revenue  of  such 
grammar  school  lands  has  not  been  granted  to  a  particular  academy 
or  grammar  school  or  to  a  particular  use  by  special  act  of  the 
general  assembly,  shall  have  control  and  management  of  such  lands, 
shall  have  power  to  lease  the  same  on  the  expiration  of  existing 
leases,  and  to  collect  and  disburse  all  revenues  arising  there- 
from. If  in  any  town  in  which  such  lands  are  located  a  high  school 
or  an  academy,  approved  by  the  superintendent  of  education, 
is  maintained  by  such  town,  the  revenues  arising  from  such  lands 
shall  be  used  in  the  maintenance  of  such  high  school  or  academy; 
but  if  no  approved  high  school  or  academy  is  maintained  by  the 
town,  the  revenues  arising  from  such  lands  shall  be  used  in  the 
payment  of  the  tuition  of  resident  students  for  advanced  instruc- 
tion in  other  towns.  All  funds  that  have  accumulated  in  the 
hands  of  trustees  in  any  town  within  which  grammar  school  lands 
are  located  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  board  of  school  directors  to 
invest  and  control,  for  which  bonds  satisfactoiy  to  the  selectmen 
shall  be  given,  and  the  income  from  such  investments  shall  be  used 
in  the  same  manner  as  the  revenues  of  the  grammar  school  lands 
hereinbefore  mentioned. 

CHAPTER  48. 
SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  TIME  ALLOWED  TEACHERS. 

Sec.   1024.     School  year.       The  school  year  shall  commence  1910,  No.  65, 5  13.  1 
the  first  day  of  July  and  end  the  last  day  of  June  following.     In)sM/No°2l,5  2. 
the  absence  of  express  contract,  a  session  of  three  hours  in  the  ^''i65^°' ^'         ' 
forenoon  and  three  in  the  afternoon  shall  constitute  a  school  1S72',  fjo.Ye. 
day;  five  days  a  school  week;  and  four  weeks  a  school  month.     Aisir',  No?24fs  1. 
legal  school  shall  have  at  least  four  hours  per  day  for  five  days 
in  a  week. 


36  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

i9io,No.  65, 1  14.  Sec.  1025.     Time  allowed  teachers.     The  time  not  exceedins; 

R.  1906,  §  938.  ,  ,  ,,  ,  ,  •  , 

1906,  No.  43,  §  1.        four  days  actually  spent  by  a  teacher  m  attendance  upon  a  meeting 
i89"2',No.2'i.§  3.        of  the  State  teachers'  association,  upon  educational  meetings  held 

18S8,  No.  9,  §   166.         ,  ,  .  ,  ^        ,  .  .  . 

1882,  No.  22,  §  1.  by  the  superintendent  of  education  or  town  or  union  superin- 
tendent, and  the  time  actually  spent  by  a  teacher  in  visiting  schools 
when  so  instructed  by  the  town  or  union  superintendent,  during 
any  one  term,  shall  in  detei-mining  the  compensation  of  the  teacher 
and  the  number  of  weeks  of  school,  be  accounted  the  same  as  if 
spent  in  teaching. 
i?io,No^|5.§  15.  gj;p    1026.     Holidays.     A  teacher  in  a  public  school  shall  not 

1888  No  i'l^w.       b^  required  to  teach  on  a  legal  holiday  and  the  board  of  school 
1886!  No.  28.  directors  may  give  written  permission  to  a  teacher  to  dismiss 

school  for  not  more  than  two  days  whenever  such  dismissal  seems 
necessary  or  proper.  In  determining  the  number  of  weeks  taught 
by  said  teacher,  no  deduction  shall  be  made  from  his  time  or  com- 
pensation because  of  his  absence  on  such  days. 

NO.  45,  ACTS  OF  1908. 

Monthly  Payment  of  Wages. 

Sec.  1.  A  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  any  town  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  monthly  payment  of  wages  due  under  the  con- 
tract of  said  teacher  with  such  town,  provided  such  teacher  de- 
mands of  the  board  of  school  directors  such  monthly  payment. 

CHAPTER  49. 

SCHOOL  AGE  AND  ATTENDANCE. 

Legal  Pupils. 

}S?,S'S°-.?^'I  ?•  Sec.  1027.     Definition.     The   words   "legal   pupils"  shall   in- 

1900,  No.  2o,  8    1.  1 

iS9|.  No^24,  §  1.        elude  persons  between  the  ages  of  five  and  eighteen  years,  but  no 

i892'no  ?ii  i'        person  over  five  years  of  age  shall  be  deprived  of  public  school 

i88s'no-.|§  is'*),      advantages  on  account  of  age.     No  child  under  five  years  of  age 

1870,  No.  li,  §  3.        gjjj^ji  ]3g  received  into  a  pubUc  school  except  in  a  kindergarten;  and 

no  child  under  seven  years  of  age  shall  be  received  into  a  public 

school  except  a  kindergarten  after  the  beginning  of  the  fall  term, 

unless  said  child  has  the  written  permission  of  the  town  or  union 

superintendent. 

Truant  Officers. 

1910,  No.  65,  §  16.  gEc    1028.     Appointment.     The  board  of  school  directors  shall 

1904,  No.  38,  §  1.  '^^  /».  1  i  i_ 

V.  s.  ^,7ia      ^         annually  appoint  one  or  more  truant  officers  and  report  such 
R.L.'§  670?      '        appointments  to  the  town  clerk  for  record  on  or  before  the  third 

1870,  No.  13, 5   1.  ^^^  ,       .„  .  ,  ,         !• 

day  of  July.     The  sheriff,  deputy  sheriffs,  constables  and  police 
officers  shall  also  be  truant  officers  ex  officio. 


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Attendance. 
Sec.  1029.     Requirements.     A  person  havina;  the  control  of  a '9io.  No.  69, 5  2. 


child  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  si.Kteen  years  shall,  unless  such  i896.  No  19,|  8. 

child  is  mentally  or  physically  unable  to  so  attend,  or  has  ^'readyisM,  No.26,  |  i. 

acquired  the  branches  required  to  be  taught  in  the  elementaryi^ss!  No.  9',  §  iss. 

schools,  or  is  otherwise  being  furnished  with  the  same  education,  is87.  No.  35,  §§  1,3. 

'  ^  .  .  '  69  Vt.  85. 

cause  such  child  to  attend  a  public  school  continuously  at  least 

twenty-eight  weeks  in  a  year,  and,  if  the  school  in  which  such  child 

is  a  pupil  is  held  for  more  than  twenty-eight  weeks,  shall  cause  such 

child  to  continue  in  school,  unless  excused  in  writing  by  the  board 

of  school  directors. 

NO.  69,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Sec.  3.  Attendance  of  child  between  seven  and  eight  years  of 
age.  .\  person  having  control  of  a  child  between  the  ages  of  seven 
and  eight  years  who  allows  said  child  to  be  enrolled  in  a  public 
school  shall  cause  said  child  to  attend  such  school  for  the  remainder 
of  the  term,  and  said  pcr.son,  teacher,  child  and  truant  officer  shall 
be  under  the  same  laws  and  penalties  that  pertain  to  the  attendance 
of  children  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  sixteen. 

Sec.  4.  Furnishing  age  certificate.  Any  person  having  control  of  a 
child  claiming  exemption  from  the  laws  governing  school  attend- 
ance, on  account  of  the  age  of  such  child,  asking  admission  of 
such  child  upon  a  public  school  or  seeking  an  employment  certi- 
ficate for  such  child,  shall,  when  required  by  the  town  or  union 
superintendent,  or  by  the  school  board  of  an  incorporated  district, 
furnish  evidence  of  the  age  of  such  child. 

Sec.  1030.     Same.     If  a  person  having  the  control  of  a  childi908.  No.  43. 5  1. 
.  ,T  ,      ,-,1        ,  ,,    1  R.  1906,  §943. 

over  fifteen  years  of  age  allows  such  child  to  be  enrolled  as  a  1904.  No.  .39, 5  1. 

pupil  in  a  public  school  or  in  a  school  in  which  his  tuition  is  paid 

at  the  public  expense,  he  shall  cause  such  child  to  attend  such 

school  regularly  during  the  term  for  which  he  is  enrolled,  unless 

he  is  mentally  or  physically  unable  to  continue  or  is  excused  in 

writing  by  the  board  of  school  directors. 

Sec.   1031.     Clerk  to  furnish  list  of  pupils.     The  clerk  of  theigoa.  N0.52,  §  4. 

1904,No.  39,  §   2. 

board  of  school  directors  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  eachv. .s.'§  Tie.' 
term,  provide  the  teacher  of  each  school  with  a  list  containing  the  1892!  No!  22!!  s. 
names  and  ages  of  all  children  required  to  attend  such  school 
during  the  ensuing  term. 

Sec.  1032.     Non-attendance,    truant    officer    to    be    notified.  1906.  No.  52. 5  4. 

,  .  i904.  No.  39, 5   2. 

In  case  a  child  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  fifteen  years  fails  tov.  .s. }  716. 

1.  u       1       X    .Li.       u       •        •  ii  r  I     •  11    J    1S94,  No.26,5  3. 

enter  such  school  at  the  beginning  thereof,  or,  being  cnrollcd,i892.  No.  22.  s  s. 
fails  to  attend  the  same,  or  in  case  a  child  over  fifteen  years  be- 
comes enrolled  in  a  public  school  and  fails  to  attend,  the  teacher 
shall  forthwith  notifv  the  truant  officer. 


Duties  of  Truant  Officer, 
endance    of    pupils.     S 
shall,  upon  such  notice,  forthwith  inquire  into  the  cause  of  such  ism!  No.  39 


Sec.  1033.     Non-attendance    of    pupils.     Said    truant    officeri908.No.43,  j 

*^    *^  1906.  No.  52. 


38  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

Tsq^'^^'m  ■?  child's  non-attendance;  and,  if  he  finds  that  such  child  is  required 
:892;  No.  22, 5  8.  to  attend  school,  he  shall  notify  the  person  having  such  child 
under  his  control  that  such  child  is  a  truant,  and  also  notify  such 
person  to  cause  such  child  to  attend  school  regularly  thereafter, 
and  such  notice  shall  be  in  writing;  and  if  the  truant  officer  shall 
find  such  child,  he  shall  take  him  to  school  and  place  him  in  charge 
of  the  teacher  thereof;  and  a  truant  officer  may  stop  a  child  be- 
tween the  ages  of  eight  and  fifteen  years,  or  a  child  over  fifteen 
years  of  age  who  has  become  enrolled  in  a  school,  wherever  found 
during  school  hours,  and  take  him  to  the  school,  public  or  private, 
which  he  should  attend.  When  a  person  having  charge  and  con- 
trol of  a  child  states  to  the  truant  officer  that  the  child  is  mentally 
or  physically  unable  to  attend  school,  and  the  truant  officer 
believes  or  has  reason  to  believe  that  such  statement  is  false, 
he  may  request  the  health  officer  of  the  town  or  a  competent 
physician  to  examine  such  child  and  report  the  facts  to  such 
officer,  and  the  expense  of  such  examination  shall  be  paid  from 
the  school  funds  of  the  town. 
1906,  No.  52,  f  4.  Sec.  1034.     Complaints  to  be  made,  when.     If  a  truant  officer, 

V. s.'§  ~i&.'    '         or  an  officer  authorized  to  make  arrests  under  this  chapter,  has 

1894,  No.  26, 5  3.  .  ,       r  1  -1  1    1 

1892,  No.  22,  §  8.  I'eason  to  believe  that  a  person  having  control  of  a  child  has 
violated  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  he  shall  forthwith  enter 
a  complaint  to  the  town  grand  juror  of  the  town  in  which  said 
person  resides,  or  to  the  state's  attorney  of  the  county,  who  shall 
prosecute  said  person. 

R.  1906,  §  948.  Sec.  1035.     Overseer  of  the  poor  to  be  notified.     If  a  person 

1904,  No.  40,  §    1.  .  '^  .  ^ 

V.  s.  §  717.  having  the  control  of  a  child  of  school  age  notifies  the  truant 

1892!  No.  22,  §  9.  officer  that  he  is  unable  to  provide  such  child  with  suitable  clothing 
for  school  attendance,  or  if,  upon  inquiiy  into  such  child's  non- 
attendance,  said  truant  officer  is  satisfied  that  he  is  not  properly 
clothed  and  that  said  per.son  is  unable  to  provide  suitable  clothing 
for  him,  he  shall  notify  the  overseer  of  the  poor,  who  shall  at  once 
provide  necessaiy  clothing  for  such  child. 
1908,  No.  43,  §  3.  Sec.  1037.     Complaints  for  non-attendance  after  notice.  Upon 

iS9'2',^No.'22,  §  II.  such  uotice  of  the  truant  officer,  if  the  person  having  control 
R.'L.'i  671.  '  of  such  child  fails,  without  legal  excuse,  to  cause  such  child  to 
iSiO,  No.  13,  §  2.  attend  school  regularly  thereafter,  the  officer  giving  the  notice 
shall  forthwith  enter  a  complaint  to  the  town  grand  juror  of  the 
town  in  which  said  person  resides,  or  to  the  state's  attorney 
of  the  county,  who  shall  prosecute  said  person,  and  said  person 
shall  be  fined  as  provided  in  section  1043  of  the  Public  Statutes. 

NO.  43,  ACTS  OF  1908. 

Sec.  4.  Habitual  Truant.  Unless  physically  or  mentally  un- 
able to  attend,  or  excused  in  writing  by  the  board  of  school  direc- 
tors or  prudential  committee,  any  child  between  the  ages  of  eight 
and  fifteen  years  and  any  child  over  fifteen  years  who  has  become - 
enrolled  in  a  public  or  private  school,  whose  absence  from  school 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  39 

aggregates  five  days  during  any  four  consecutive  weeks  of  school 
may  be  adjudged  an  habitual  truant. 

Sec.  1038.     Authority    over    non-resident    pupils.     A    truantisos,  No.  25,  §  2. 
officer  of  the  town  in  which  a  non-resident  pupil  i.-^  in  attendance 
upon  school  shall  have  the  same  authority  and  jurisdiction  over 
such  non-resident  pupil  as  in  the  case  of  resident  pupils. 

Sec.  1039.      Compensation.      A  person  acting  as  truant  officer  vs.  §  722. 
shall  receive  two  dollars  per  day  for  time  actually  .spent,  unless 
otherwise  provided,  the  same  to  be  paid  by  the  town  or  incorpo- 
rated school  district. 

Complaints. 

Sec.  1040.     Form.     The    complaint    .shall    be    sufficient    if    it 
states  that  the  parent,  master  or  guardian  neglects  to  send  hisisgl/No'^i,  §  12. 
child,   apprentice  or  ward   (naming  him)   to  school   as  required J^^L.'s'eVl'^  ^^'' 

hvlnw  1870,  No.  13,  §§3, 4. 

DyiaW.  69Vt.  85. 

Penalties. 

Sec.  1041.     Truancy    and    disobedience.       A    child    enrolled 
in  the  public  schools  who  is  guilty  of  wilful  and  continued    dis- 
obedience to  school  rules  and  regulations  or  laws,  or  whose  con-i.s98i'No.'26;§  1'. 
duct  is  pernicious  and  injurious  to  the  school,  or  wlio  is  an  habit-i.s94,No.'26,  §  4. 
ual  truant,  may  be  sentenced  to  the  Vermont  industrial  school 
for  a  period  of  not  loss  than  twenty-eight  weeks. 

Sec.  1042.     Neglect  of  duty  by  oflacers.     A  truant  or  other 
officer  authorized  to  make  arrests  in  the  town,  or  an  overseer  of 
the  poor,  who  refuses  or  neglects  to  carry  out  the  provisions  ofv..s.'§  721.      ^' 
this  chapter,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  issi!  No!  If §^62. 

Sec.  1043.     Generally;  jurisdiction  of    courts.     A  person  who '^^*' ^°' ^^' 
violates  a  provision  of  this   chapter  shall,  unless  otherwise  pro- 
vided, he  fined  not  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  less  thanioos.  No:  slf^js  4,  5. 
five   dollars,    which    shall   1  c   pa'd    to   the   town.     Justices   and  i.sos!  Na  26,' |  f. 
municipal    courts    shall    have   loncurront   jurisdiction    with    thcv.V  §§°7i4',  n^e,  718, 
county  court  of  offen-  es  arising  under  this  chapter.  '  '^'  ^'^' 

Sec.  1044.     Employment    of     children     under    sixteen    years 
of  age.     A  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age  who  has  not  completed 
the  course  of  study  of  nine  years  prepared  for  the  elemcntai-yigoeiNoiiiif  i.' 
schools   by   the   superintendent   of   education    shall    not,    unlessv^s*'§^7i2.^^'^  ^' 
excused  in  writing  by  the  town  or  union  superintendent  of  schools,  itlt'.  No!  22!  f  f. 
or  by  the  chairman  of  the  prudential  committee  in  the  case  ofi^lL.'feVs'.^  '*^' 
an  incorporated  district,  be  employed  in  work  connected  with  ^*^^' '^°' '*^' '  ^" 
railroading,  mining,  manufacturing  or  quarrying,  or  be  employed 
in  a  hotel  or  bowling  alley,   or  in  delivering  messages,  except 
during  vacations  and  before  and  after  school,  unless  said  child 
depo-sits  with  his  employer  a  certificate  from  said  superintendent, 
or  chairman  of  the  jirudcntial  committee,  to  the  effect  that  he 
is  eligible  to  employment  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter;  and  no  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age  shall  be 
employed  after  eight  o'clock  at  night  in  any  of  the  occupations 
or  industries  herein  enumerated.     In  case  said  child  has  been  in 


40  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

attendance  upon  a  private  or  parochial  school,   such  superintend- 
ent or  chairman  of  the  prudential  committee  may  examine  said 
child  for  the  purpose  of  determining  his  eligibility  to  employment 
in  accordance  with  this  section. 
}2i9'S°??'^  ^-  Sec.  1045.     Town   superintendent's   duties.     The   town   super- 

1906,  No.  52,  §  2.  .  .5  . 

J'- s.  §^"15;,  intendent,   union  superintendent,   or  the   chairman  of  the  pru- 

1888,  No.  9,  §  155.  dential  committee,  may  inquire  of  the  owner  or  superintendent 
of  a  mill,  factory,  quarry,  workshop,  hotel,  bowling  allej^,  or 
railroad  office,  shop  or  yards,  as  to  the  employment  of  children 
therein,  may  call  for  the  production  of  certificates  deposited  with 
such  owner  or  superintendent,  and  satisfy  himself  that  the  require- 
ments of  law  have  been  complied  with. 
1910,  No.  70,  §  1.  Sec.   1046.     Employment  of  children.     No  child  under  four- 

1904!  No!  fisf  §^i.  teen  years  of  age  shall  be  employed,  permitted  or  suffered  to  work 
for  any  railroad  company  or  in,  about  or  in  connection  with 
any  mill,  factory,  quany  or  workshop,  wherein  are  employed 
exceeding  ten  persons.  No  child  under  the  age  of  twelve  years 
shall  be  employed  by  or  permitted  to  work  in,  about  or  in  connec- 
tion with  any  mill,  factory,  quarry,  work  shop,  or  in  delivering 
messages  for  a  corporation  or  company  or  in  any  mercantile 
establishment,  store,  business  office,  restaurant,  bakeiy  or  hotel. 

NO.  70,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Sec.  2.  Kinds  of  employment.  No  child  under  the  age  of 
sixteen  years  shall  be  employed,  permitted  or  suffered  to  work 
at  any  of  the  following  occupations  or  in  any  of  the  following 
positions:  sewing  machine  belts  in  any  workshop  or  factoiy, 
or  assisting  therein  in  any  capacity  whatever;  adjusting  any 
belt  to  any  machineiy ;  oiling,  wiping  or  cleaning  machinery  or 
assisting  therein;  operating  circular  or  band  saws,  wood  shapers, 
wood  jointers,  planers,  sandpaper  or  wood  polishing  machinery, 
picker  machines,  machines  used  in  picking  wool,  machines  used 
in  picking  cotton,  machines  used  in  picking  hair,  machines  used 
in  picking  any  upholstering  material,  paper-lacing  machines, 
leather-burnishing  machines,  burnishing  machines  in  any  tannery 
or  leather  manufactoiy,  job  or  cylinder  printing  presses  operated 
by  power  other  than  foot  power,  emery  or  polishing  wheels  used 
for  polishing  metal,  wood  turning  or  boring  machineiy,  stamping 
machines  used  in  sheet  metal  and  tinware  manufacturing,  stamp- 
ing machines  in  washer  and  nut  factories,  corrugating  rolls,  such 
as  are  used  in  roofing  and  washboard  factories,  steam  boilers, 
steam  machinery,  or  other  steam  generating  apparatus,  dough 
brakes,  or  cracker  machineiy  of  any  description,  wood  or  iron 
straightening  machineiy,  rolling  mill  machinery,  punches  or  shears, 
washing,  grinding  or  mixing  mills,  calendar  rolls  in  rubber  manu- 
facturing, or  laundering  machinery;  preparing  any  composition 
in  which  dangerous  or  poisonous  acids  are  used;   manufacture  of 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  41 

paints,  colors  or  white  load; cigar  factorj',  or  otlier  factoiy  where 
tobacco  is  manufactured  or  prepared. 

Sec.  3.  Women.  Females  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years 
shall  not  be  employed,  pormittoil  or  suffered  to  work  in  any 
capacity  where  such  employment  compels  them  to  remain  stand- 
ing constantly.  Every  person  who  shall  employ  any  female 
under  the  age  of  eighteen  in  any  place  or  establishment  mentioned 
in  section  one  shall  provide  suitable  seats,  chairs  or  benches 
for  the  use  of  the  females  so  employed,  which  shall  be  so  placed 
as  to  be  accessible  to  said  employees;  and  shall  permit  the  use 
of  such  seats,  chairs  or  benches  by  them  when  they  are  not  neces- 
sarily engaged  in  the  active  duties  for  which  they  are  employed, 
and  there  shall  be  provided  at  least  one  chair  to  eveiy  three 
females. 

Sec.  4.  Furnishing  a  certificate.  An  employer  may,  and 
upon  written  request  of  the  town  or  city  grand  juror,  the  state's 
attorney  or  the  attorney  general,  shall  require  the  parent,  guardian 
or  custodian  of  any  minor  in  his  employ  to  sign  and  furnish  a 
certificate  showing  when  and  where  such  minor  was  born. 

Sec.  5.  No  person  having  a  minor  under  his  control  shall 
allow  him  to  be  employed  after  the  certificate  required  by  the 
preceding  section  has  been  requested  by  the  employer,  until 
the  same  has  been  furnished;  and  no  employer  shall  after  such 
certificate  has  been  requested  by  any  of  the  officers  named  in 
the  preceding  section,  further  employ  such  minor  until  the  cer- 
tificate has  been  furnished  and  not  afterward  if  it  shall  appear 
from  such  certificate  that  the  further  employment  is  in  violation 
of  this  act  or  of  chapter  50  of  the  Public  Statutes. 

Sec.  6.  Penalty.  An  employer  who  shall  fail  to  comply 
forthwith  with  the  request  of  any  officer,  as  provided  in  the 
second  preceding  section,  so  far  as  he  is  able,  or  who  shall  further 
employ  a  minor  child  in  violation  of  the  last  preceding  section, 
shall  be  subject  to  the  penalties  provided  by  section  104S  of  the 
Public  Statutes,  as  amended  by  this  act. 

Sec  7.  The  same.  A  parent,  guardian  or  custodian  of  a 
minor  child  who  shall  make  any  false  statement  in  any  certificate 
required  by  the  third  preceding  section  shall  be  punished  as  pro- 
vided in  section  1048  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended  by  this  act. 

Sec.  1047.     General   prohibition.     No   person  having   a   childiso-i-No'ss-S  •'• 
vmder  his  control  .shall  allow  him  to  be  employed  contraiy  to  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter. 

Sec.  1048.  Penalty.  A  person  who  violates  a  provision  of ^^'J^fj^Oji^s.  §  3. 
chapter  50  of  tlie  Public  Statutes  or  of  this  act  shall  be  fined  not|i9s>''-^^'i5,i^ 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each {\,„t  i ^'i';  ,  .. 

186< ,  No.  35.  5  :i. 

offense,  and   upon  a  second  conviction,  may  be  so  fined  or  im-i^i"'^"-^?'*  **• 
pri.soned  for  not  more  than  six  months. 

Sec.  1049.  Jurisdiction.  County  and  municipal  courts  and v?'!?;/^?-,!^^' 5  *• 
justices  shall  have  concurrent  jurisdiction  of  offenses  under  this 


42  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

chapter,  and  truant  officers  and  all  informing  officers  are  author- 
ized to  make  complaints  for  violations  of  the  same. 
v.s.§  720.  Sec.  1050.     Complaints.     A  complaint  for  a  violation  of  the 

1892,  No.  22.  §  12.  ^,  ^ 

1888,  No.  9,  §  161.      third  preceding  section  shall  be  sufficient  if  it  states  that  the  per- 
1870,  No.  13, 55  3.4.  SOU  having  a  child  under  his  control  neglects  to  send  said  child 
(naming  him)  to  school  as  required  by  law. 

CHAPTER  51. 

REGISTERS  AND  RETURNS. 
ygg^5jj^23.^  §  8.  ^^^-  1051.     Superintendent    of    education    to    prescribe    blank 

if^L'Teie'^  '**■  forms.  The  superintendent  of  education  shall  prescribe  blank 
1174' No' 33'^§^4^'  forms  for  a  school  register  for  keeping  a  record  of  the  daily  at- 
Q*^|'.,'!5''k'fb9  ^'  tendance  of  pupils,  and  containing  printed  interrogatories  for 
1858,  No.  1, 5  7.  procuring  the  statistical  information  required  to  be  given  by 
teachers  and  school  officers,  and  for  procuring  such  other  infor- 
mation as  he  deems  desirable. 
1910.  No;^65, 5  17.  Sec.  1052.     Town  clerk  to  be  supplied  with.     Said  superintend- 

liii'No  i's^isg       ^'^^  ®'^^'^  annually,  in  the  month  of  June,  transmit  to  the  town 
^oir- i  ^'o'.;  c  .  I      clerks  a  sufficient  number  of  such  registers  to  supply  the  schools 

1874,  No.  33,  §   4.  I  °  I-     ■  n  1 

1872,  No.  18,  §  2.  ill  their  respective  towns,  who  shall  receipt  therefor,     iss^s.'lo.  i  '§  7. 
v-s.  6^725j^     jj  Sec.  1053.     Teachers  to  procure  and  keep.     A  teacher  before 

liie'No'ssV^'  commencing  school  shall  procure  a  register  from  the  clerk  of  the 

fsVs' Ijo  "u^  §  1  board  of  school  directors,  keep  therein,  in  the  prescribed  form,  a 

i§S?'  5°- 12-  record  of  the  daily  attendance  of  each  pupil,  enter  therein  correct 

1864.  No.  58.  _      •'  _  x-    t-    ) 

'^i?^  X?'  ^  ^JS"  answers  to  the  interrogatories  addressed  to  the  teachers,  and  return 

1858,  No.  1,  58.  ^  ' 

63Vt'647  ^^^^  register  to  said  clerk,   at  the  end  of  each  term,   the  final 

return  to  be  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April. 
v"f /726*^'  ^  ^^'         Sec.  1054.     Clerk  to  examme.     Said  clerk  shall  examine  the 
ilsi^No.'l.^lf  m,      register;  and,  if  it  is  filled  out  and  properly  certified  to  by  the 
r.l"§  621.  teacher,  he  shall  give  a  certificate  to  that  effect;  and  the  teacher 

lies!  No.' 30.'  shall  not  be  entitled  to  compensation  for  the  last  four  weeks  of 

G.  s.  22,  §  110.  teaching  except  on  presentation  of  such  certificate. 

isoe^NoSgft'  7.  ^^c.    1055.      Clerk  to  answer  interrogatories  and  file.      Said 

i892',ljo."2i,§  13.  clerk,  upon  the  final  return  to  him  of  the  register,  shall  enter 
R.*L.' f °6'22'.^  '^^-  therein  correct  answers  to  the  interrogatories  to  be  answered  by 
lief;  No.' s&'^  ^'  ^^'^'  the  name  of  the  teacher  of  the  school  during  the  year  for 
fsss.^No^,""^  which  such  register  was  kept,  the  date  and  character  of  such 
1910, No  65, 1  is.  teacher's  certificate,  and  certify  to  the  correctness  of  such  entry; 
and  said  clerk  shall  file  the  register  so  completed  in  the  office  of 
the  town  clerk,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  July. 

Penalties. 

R.  1906,  §  1014.  Sec.  1056.     False  certificate  or  answers.     A  clerk  of  a  board 

Tsfs.^No^'g,  5  240.  of  school  directors  who  knowingly  makes  a  false  certificate  as 
to  the  date  or  character  of  a  teacher's  certificate  or  who  knowingly 
makes  false  answers  to  the  interrogatories  contained  m  the  school 
register  shall  forfeit  to  the  town  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  recov- 
ered in  an  action  on  this  statute. 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  43 

Returns. 

1910,  No.  65,  §   19. 
V.  S.  S  730. 

Sec.  1057.    Town  clerk  to  make.    The  town  clerk  shall  annually,  i|9|.  No- 21,  §^i5. 
on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July,  or  at  such  time  as  the  superin- R^  l.' |^  62^7^  ^  ^ 
tendent  of  education  directs,  make  out  and  return  to  him  suchG.s.'22,§  112 

...        loos,  JNo.  1,  §   2. 

statistics  as  he  requires,  upon  blanks  furmshed  by  said  supenn-i|56,No.5j  4^^ 
tendent,  who  shall  receipt  therefor.  1847,  N0.24,  §  6. 

Sec.  1058.     Principals  to  make.     The  trustees  of  incorporated  i9io,  No  65,  §  20. 
schools  shall  cause  their  principals  to  return  to  the  superintendent  ii|2'.  No.  21,  §^i6. 
of  education,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July,  annually,  answers R^^l.' |j 628!      ^ 
to  the  statistical  inquiries  addressed  to  them  by  said  superintendent.  ^gjl'^^^^J  j  I'^jg 

Fees. 

Sec.  1059.     Allowed    to    town    clerk.     For    services    renderedv.  s.  §  732 

1892,  No.  21.  §   17. 

as  required  by  this  chapter,  a  town  clerk  shall  receive  from  theisss,  No.  9,  §  199. 
town  treasurer  three  cents  for  each  legal  pupil  in  the  town;  but 
such  compensation  shall  not  be  more  than  twenty  dollars  nor  less 
than  three  dollars. 

CHAPTER  52. 

SCHOOL  TAXES  AND  SCHOOL  MONEYS. 

Sec.  1060.  Grand  list.  The  grand  list  of  a  town  school  dis-J'gg|_5jj^^|j  ^  jg 
trict  shall  be  made  up  of  the  ratable  polls  and  real  and  personal  ^^^^'I'o-g^' 5  200. 
estate  therein. 

Sec.  1061.     Appropriation.     A  town  shall  annually  appropriate ^^"I'j'^^j^s.i  2. 

for  school  purposes  a  sum  not  less  than  one-fifth  of  the  grand  list}||5;'jJo^''^^^5'5*-i3g_ 
of  the  town  school  district,  and  the  selectmen  shall  assess  a  tax  tOj^  '^^^;  g^ 
meet  such  appropriation.  ^^^''^  ^°- '°'  ^  ^■ 

Sec.  1062.     Town  treasurer  to  keep  separate  account.      They^|j§j^^35.^^  ^^ 
town  treasurer  shall  keep  a  separate  account  of  the  moneys  appro-Jj^'^*'N°-Q|'5  '37. 
priated  or  given  for  the  use  of  schools,  and  shall  pay  out  of  such  i*"o.  No- 10,  §  s. 
moneys  orders  drawn  by  the  board  of  school  directors  for  school 
purposes. 

Sec.  1063.     Income  of  permanent  public  school  fund.     Said  i^oe.  No. 54,5  le. 
treasurer  shall  give  credit  in  his  account  of  the  school  fund  for 
sums  received  by  the  town  from  the  income  of  the  permanent  public 
school  fund. 

Sec.  1064.     Report  by  town  treasurer.     Said  treasurer  shall  y^|j  5^^52^jq  .  ^ 
report  at  each  annual  town  mcc^ting  the  amount  of  moneys  received 
for  school  purposes,  the  source  from  which  received,  and  how  the 
same  has  been  divided  and  paid. 

United  States  Deposit  Money. 

Sec.  1065.     State  treasurer  to  receive.     The  state  treasurer  shall  1910,  No.  71,  §  1. 
receive  moneys  belonging  to  the  United  States  to  be  deposited  isss.  No  9.'§  210. 


44  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

R.  L.  §5639.  with  this  state  and  aive  a  certificate  of  deposit  for  the  same  accord- 

G.  S.  22,  §  91. 

r'.  s'..  fs,  §  42.  ing  to  law.     Such  moneys  shall  be  apportioned  to  the  several 

towns,  imorganized  towns  and  gores,  in  proportion  to  the  number 
of  inhabitants  in  each.  When  a  census  is  taken  under  the  laws 
of  congress  or  of  this  state,  a  new  apportionment  shall  be  made.  If 
upon  such  new  apportionment  it  appears  that  a  town  has  more 
than  its  share,  the  state  treasui'er  shall  demand  and  recover  from 
such  town  such  excess;  but  if  a  town  has  less  than  its  share,  the 
deficiency  shall  be  retained  by  the  state  treasurer  and  kept  intact 
as  a  part  of  the  principal  of  the  permanent  school  fund. 

V.  s.  §  739.  Sec.  1066.     Trustees    of    public    money    to    give    bond.     The 

188S,  No.  9,  §  214.  .  i  i       • 

R.L.§^6«.        1       trustees  of  public  money  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 

1842,  Ni.  13  §'2.'       of  their  office,  execute  a  bond  to  the  town,  with  at  least  three 

1836,  Ni.  15,  §  2.        sufficient  sureties,  in  such  sum  as  the  selectmen  direct,  conditioned 

for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties  in  loaning,  managing, 

accounting  for  and  paying  over,  as  may  be  required  by  law,  the 

moneys  placed  in  their  charge.    If  a  trustee  fails  to  execute  such 

bond,  his  office  shall  be  vacant,  and  such  vacancy  may  be  filled 

as  vacancies  in  other  town  offices. 

1906,  No.  54,  §  17.  Sec.  1067.     Trustces    to    manage    and   report.     Said    trustees 

1888,  No.9,'§  213.       shall  manage  such  money  and  report  the  condition  of  the  same  at 

a  s;  L!'!!  95,  99.      each  annual  town  meeting.  R-  «■  is.  §  49.    iss?.  No.  12,  s  3.  iS36,  No.  15,  §  3. 

1842,  No.  13,  §  1. 

y  g  ,  .j^g  Sec.  1068.     Towns    accountable.     If    a    town    has    received 

R^L'f  648.^  "'^'      its  portion  of  deposit  money,  it  shall  be  accountable  for  the  same 
R.  I  !l',  I  50°'  when  required  by  the  state  treasurer  on  requisition  of  the  United 

1S36,  No.  15,  §  2.        States,  or  for  the  purpose  of  a  new  apportionment,  as  a  town  is 

accountable  for  state  taxes. 
R.  1906, 5  985.  Sec.  1069.     Penalty  for  neglect   by   towns.     If   a  town   fails 

V  S  §   746.  .    >  .  • 

1888,  No.  9,  §  220.       to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  three  preceding  sections 
G.'s.'22, 1  io7.  relative  to  the  management  or  disposition  of  the  United  States 

1836,  No.  15,  §  7.        moneys  received  by  such  town,   it   shall  forfeit  to  the  county 
treasurer,  for  the  use  of  such  county,  a  sum  not  exceeding  double 
the  amount  of  the  interest  on  such  moneys,  to  be  recovered  in  an 
action  on  this  statute. 
V. s.  §  747.  Sec.  1070.     Grand  jury's  duties.     The  grand  jury  shall  inquire 

R.  L.'  §  650.  "  '  how  the  towns  have  managed  and  disposed  of  the  money  so  depos- 
r'.s'.i8',§  57. '_  ited  with  them  and  the  annual  interest  thereof;  and,  if  a  town  has 
^  '  "'  ■  '■  not  complied  with  the  provisions  of  the  four  preceding  sections  rela- 
tive to  such  deposit  money,  it  shall  present  to  the  court  its  indict- 
ment therefor  against  the  town;  and  the  clerk  shall  give  twenty 
days'  notice  thereof  to  such  town,  which  shall  be  served  as  a  writ 
of  summons. 

\;il  l/^S- .  oo„  Sec.  1071.     State    treasurer    to    adjust    accounts.     The    state 

1888,  No.  9,  §  222.  .  . 

R.  L.  §  651.  treasurer,  in  the  collection  of  the  United  States  deposit  money 

1865,  No.  39,  §  2.  1     11        1-  •■  .  •> 

loaned  by  former  treasurers,  shall  adjust  and  settle  the  same  as 
is  for  the  interest  of  the  state. 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  45 

Permanent  Public  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1072.  How  constituted.  The  sum  of  two  hundred  andi^°^'N°-^^'5  i- 
forty  thousand  dollars  returned  by  the  national  government  to 
the  state  in  settlement  of  the  civil  war  claims,  the  Huntington 
fund,  the  United  States  deposit  money  and  such  other  additions 
as  may  be  made  to  the  fund  hereby  established  shall  be  held  intact 
and  in  reserve  as  a  permanent  public  school  fund. 

Trustees  of  Permanent  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1073.  How  constituted ;  duties.  The  governor,  lieutenant- i''°'''N°-^*' 5  2. 
governor,  state  treasurer  and  superintendent  of  education,  ex- 
officio,  and  three  persons  to  be  appointed  biennially  by  the  gov- 
ernor, whose  term  of  office  shall  continue  until  the  first  day  of  Nov- 
ember of  the  next  biennial  year  and  until  their  successors  are  ap- 
pointed and  qualified,  unless  sooner  removed  by  the  governor,  shall 
constitute  a  board  to  be  known  as  trustees  of  permanent  school 
fund.  Said  trustees  shall  invest  the  permanent  public  school  fund 
in  the  following  named  securities  only :  United  States  bonds,  state 
bonds,  bonds  of  cities  and  school  districts  located  in  the  United 
States  excluding  territories,  and  having  a  population  of  over  twenty 
thousand,  and  bonds  of  towns,  cities  and  villages  in  this  state 
whose  total  indebtedness  does  not  exceed  five  times  the  amount 
of  the  grand  list.  Said  board  may  receive  gifts,  bequests  or 
additions  to  such  permanent  public  school  fund;  and  all  purchases 
and  sales  of  securities  shall  be  made  by,  and  ail  securities  shall  be 
taken  in  the  name  of,  and  so  far  as  possible  made  payable  to,  the 
trustees  of  permanent  school  fund. 

Sec.  1074.  Organization ;  meetings.  Said  trustees  shall  organ- i^o^,  No.  54, 5  3. 
ize  by  the  election  of  a  chairman,  secretaiy  and  a  committee  on 
finance  of  three  members,  of  which  the  secretaiy  shall  be  one,  at  a 
meeting  to  be  held  in  the  executive  chamber  of  the  state  capitol 
at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoonon  the  second  Tuesday  of  November 
in  each  biennial  year,  or  at  an  adjournment  thereof,  or  at  a  special 
meeting  dul}'  called  if  the  organization  is  not  then  completed. 
Regular  meetings  of  the  board  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and 
places  as  the  members  by  vote  determine.  On  the  request  of  any 
two  members  of  the  board,  the  secretaiy  shall  call  a  .special  meeting 
thereof  by  notice  in  writing  mailed  to  each  member  at  least  three 
days  before  such  meeting,  but  the  board  may  act  without  notice 
of  a  special  meeting  when  all  are  present. 

Sec.  1075.  Committee  on  finance;  duties.  The  committee i^o", No. 54, 5  4. 
on  finance  shall,  by  unanimous  action,  make  all  investments 
of  the  permanent  public  school  fund  and  designate  depositories 
therefor,  and,  in  the  name  of  the  trustees,  shall  execute  all  checks, 
transfers  or  releases  of  securities  and  do  all  things  necessary  to  the 
proper  management  of  the  assets  and  income  of  such  fund. 


46  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

1906,  No.  54,  §  5.  Sec.  1076.     Compensation.     The    trustees    shall    receive    no 

compensation  for  their  services,  but  shall  be  paid  their  necessary- 
expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of  their  duties. 

1906, No. 54, §  6.  Sec.  1077.     Vacancies;  secretary,  duties  of.     Vacancies  among 

the  trustees  appointed  shall  be  filled  by  the  governor,  and  vacancies 
in  the  officers  of  the  board  shall  be  filled  by  the  members  at  a 
regular  meeting  or  at  a  special  meeting  called  for  that  purpose. 
The  secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board 
and  of  the  committee  on  finance,  recording  in  detail  the  proceedings 
of  said  committee  relating  to  investments,  income  and  disburse- 
ments and  the  management  of  the  permanent  public  school 
fund. 

1906,  No.  54,  §  7.  Sec.   1078.     Huntington  fund.     On  such  part  of  the  remainder 

of  the  Huntington  fund  heretofore  converted  to  the  use  of  the  state 
as  shall  not  have  been,  at  the  time  of  the  distribution  of  the  income 
from  the  permanent  public  school  fund  in  each  year,  paid  over  to 
the  trustees  of  permanent  school  fund  as  hereinafter  provided,  six 
percent  interest  shall  annually  be  segregated  by  the  state  treasurer 
as  a  part  of  the  income  of  the  permanent  public  school  fund,  and 
such  interest  shall  be  distributed  like  the  other  income  from  such 
fund;  and,  whenever  at  the  end  of  any  fiscal  year  there  is  a  surplus 
in  the  state  treasury  over  and  above  the  liabilities  of  the  state,  such 
part  of  such  surplus  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  trustees  of  permanent 
school  fund  as  the  trustees  of  such  fund  may  determine  at  a  meet- 
ing to  be  called  for  that  purpose,  until  an  amount  equal  to  that 
part  of  the  Huntington  fund  heretofore  converted  into  cash 
by  the  state  treasurer  shall  have  been  so  transferred. 

1906,  No.  54,  §  s.  Sec.  1079.     United  States  deposit  money.     The  United  States 

deposit  money  held  in  the  state  treasury  for  towns  which  have 
not  elected  trustees  of  public  money  and  for  unorganized  towns 
and  gores,  together  with  three  percent  interest  thereon  since 
the  last  distribution,  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  trustees  of 
permanent  school  fund  at  their  request  and  before  the  distri- 
bution of  the  state  school  tax  in  nineteen  hundred  and  seven,  the 
principal  sum  for  investment  as  a  part  of  the  permanent  public 
school  fund,  and  the  amount  of  three  jjercent  interest  for  dis- 
tribution with  the  other  income  from  the  permanent  public 
school  fund. 

1906,  No.  54,  §  9.  Sec.  1080.     Same.     The    trustees    of    public    money    of    each 

town  shall,  on  or  before  December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred 
and  seven,  collect  and  pay  over  the  United  States  deposit  money 
heretofore  apportioned  to  it,  to  the  state  treasurer  for  the  trus- 
tees of  permanent  school  fund,  except  where  such  money  was, 
on  December  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  loaned  to 
the  town  to  which  it  was  apportioned;  in  which  case,  the  trus- 
tees of  public  money  may  continue  annually  to  loan  such  money 
to  such  town,  with  interest  at  five  percent  per  annum,  until  such 
time  as  said  trustees  see  fit  to  collect  the  same,  when  it  shall 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  47 

immediately  be  turned  over  to  the  state  treasurer  for  the  trus- 
tees of  permanent  school  fund. 

Sec.  1081.  Same.  The  income  from  the  United  Statesi906,No.54,§  lo. 
deposit  money,  in  those  towns  where  such  fund  is  loaned  to  the 
town  to  which  it  has  been  apportioned,  shall  annually,  on  or 
before  the  tenth  day  of  June,  so  long  as  such  loan  remains  un- 
collected, be  paid  over  by  the  trustees  of  public  money  to  the 
state  treasurer  for  the  trustees  of  permanent  school  fund  for 
distribution  with  the  other  income  from  such  permanent  public 
school  fund. 

Sec.  1082.  Failure  to  pay  United  States  deposit  money;  for-isoe, No. 54, §  ii. 
feiture.  If  in  any  town  the  trustees  of  public  money  fail  to 
collect  and  pay  to  the  state  treasurer  for  the  trustees  of  per- 
manent school  fund  such  town's  share  of  the  United  States 
deposit  money  as  is  not  already  loaned  to  the  town  to  which  it 
has  been  apportioned  within  the  time  limited  therefor,  or  if,  in 
any  town  where  its  share  of  United  States  deposit  money  is 
already  loaned  to  it,  the  trustees  of  public  money  fail  to  pay, 
within  the  time  limited  therefor,  annually,  the  five  percent  in- 
come derived  therefrom,  then,  in  either  such  event,  the  income 
from  the  permanent  public  school  fund  and  the  state  school  tax 
which  would  otherwise  thereafter  be  payable  to  such  town  shall 
be  forfeited  to  the  state  and  added  to  the  principal  of  the  per- 
manent public  school  fund;  and  such  forfeiture  shall  thereafter 
be  made  from  year  to  year,  until  such  town  has  paid  to  the 
state  treasurer  for  the  trustees  of  permanent  school  fund,  all 
sums  in  arrears,  with  interest  thereon  at  the  rate  of  six  percent 
per  annum. 

Sec.  1083.     Accountable    for    United    States    deposit    money.  i906,  No.  54,  §  12. 
The  trustees  of  permanent  school  fund  shall  be  accountable  for 
such  part  of  the  United  States  deposit  money  as  is  held  by  them, 
when  required  by  the  state  treasurer  on  requisition  of  the  United 
States. 

Distribution  of  Permanent  Public  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1084.  Income,  how  distributed.  The  income  only  fromisoe,  No.  54, 5  13. 
the  permanent  public  school  fund  shall  be  covered  into  the 
state  treasury,  fifteen  thousand  dollars  of  which  sliall  annually 
be  divided  among  the  towns,  cities  and  unorganized  towns  and 
gores  entitled  thereto,  in  the  same  manner  as  the  forty-five 
thousand  dollar  reserve  fund  is  divided;  and  the  remaining 
portion  of  the  income  shall  be  divided  by  the  state  treasurer, 
among  the  towns,  cities  and  unorganized  towns  and  gores,  ac- 
cording to  the  number  of  legal  schools  maintained  the  preced- 
ing year;  and  such  division  shall  be  made  at  the  same  time  the 
moneys  derived  from  the  state  school  tax  are  divided.  The 
income  thus  distributed  shall  be  used  solely  for  the  support 
of  public  schools,   and  shall,  in  unorganized  towns  and  gores, 


48  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

be  divided  equally  between  the  several  school  districts  which 
have  maintained  a  legal  school  the  preceding  year,  and  in  towns 
having  a  district  incorporated  by  a  special  act  of  the  general 
assembly,  as  is  provided  for  the  division  in  such  towns  of  money 
received  from  the  state  school  tax. 

Report. 

1906,  No.  54,  §  14.  Sec.  1085.     Trustces    to   make.     The   trustees   of    permanent 

school  fund  shall  present  to  the  general  assembly,  on  the  first 
day  of  each  bieimial  session,  a  report  of  their  official  acts,  show- 
ing the  amount  and  condition  of  such  fund  and  the  securities 
in  which  it  is  invested  and  the  amount  and  distribution  of  its 


income. 


Audit  of  Permanent  Public  School  Fund. 


1906,  No.  54, 5  15.         Sec.  1086.     Auditor   of   accounts   and   bank    commissioner   to 

make.  The  auditor  of  accounts  and  bank  commissioner  shall 
annually  audit  the  accounts  of  the  trustees  of  permanent  school 
fund  and  the  accounts  of  the  state  treasurer  in  connection  with 
such  fund,  examine  the  securities  on  hand  and  certify  to  the 
correctness  of  their  transactions  and  the  condition  of  the  fund; 
and  such  certificate  shall  be  included  in  the  report  of  the  state 
treasurer. 

Town  School  Fund. 

v.  s.  5  754.  Sec.  1087.     Duties  of  selectmen.     The   selectmen   of  a   town 

18S8,  No.9,  §  223.  ,      ,,    ,  ,  ,.      ,  ,  ,  ,  •    ,     , 

R.L. «  652.  shall  have  charge  of  the  real  and  personal  estate  appropriated 

G. 8.22, 1  78!  to  the  use  of  schools  therein,  unless  otherwise  provided  by  law, 

1827,  No.  23,  §  3.        or  uulcss  the  person  giving  a  part  thereof  directs  the  same  to 

38  Vt.  193.  o  o  1 

be  managed  in  some  other  way,  and  annually  render  an  account 
to  the  town;  and  the  selectmen  shall  lease  such  lands  and  loan 
.such  moneys  on  annual  or  semi-annual  interest,  upon  sufficient 
real  estate  or  personal  security,  in  the  state. 
i8l8^o^9'224  ^^'-'  ^0^^'     Same.     The   securities   for    the    payment    of    the 

iSTs'f^o^no  §  1        moneys  so  loaned  and  the  interest  thereon  shall  be  taken  in  the 
§•§•??' I  !?•  name  of  the  town;  and  the  selectmen  may,  in  the  name  of  the 

town,  prosecute  and  defend  actions  for  the  recovery  or  protec- 
tion of  the  estate  so  intrusted  to  their  care.  If  the  title  or  pos- 
session of  real  estate  mortgaged  or  deeded  as  security  is  recov- 
ered in  such  action,  the  selectmen  may,  in  the  name  of  the  town, 
lease  or  sell  and  convey  such  real  estate,  and  invest  the  moneys 
received  therefrom  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section. 
i888^No^9  5  ■'•'5  ^^'^"  ^^^^*    Acknowledgements.     A    person    authorized    may 

?o.,o- It ®^,A  .  n       take  the  acknowledgement  of  a  deed  provided  for  in  the  two 

lo78,  rJo  110,  §  2.  ... 

preceding  sections,  or  may  sign  such  deed  as  witness,  although 
he  is  an  inhabitant  and  taxpayer  of  the  town. 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  49 

Sec.  1090.     Securities     and    moneys.     The    securities  beloiisc-^'-'^L'S^-, 

■'  .  .  '^^    1.S88.  No.  9,  §  226. 

ing  to  the  town  school  fund  siuUl  be  depo.sited  in  the  office  ofR-L.|  ^'is. 
the  town  treasurer,  and  moneys  received  on  account  of  the  same  R-  s-  is',  s  28. 
shall  be  paid  into  such  troasuiy,  and  a  separate  account  thereof 
shall  be  kept  on  the  books  of  the  treasurer. 

State  School  Tax, 

Sec.  1091.     Assessment.     A  tax   of  eight   cents   on   the   dol-v's.'§  758.      '' 
lar  shall  be  annually  assessed  upon  the  grand  list  for  the  support   '     •    "•  •  s    • 
of  public  schools. 

Sec.  1092.  Apportionment.  The  state  treasurer  shall  ap- 
portion such  tax  to  the  several  towns,  unorganized  towns  and 
gores,  according  to  their  respective  grand  lists  as  shown  by  the  v.  s.^S^vm!  704.' 
list  prepared  annually  by  the  secretaiy  of  state  from  the  ab-'"  •  <>■  ■  sS  •  • 
stracts  of  the  grand  list  of  such  towns,  unorganized  towns  and 
gores,  which  are  required  to  be  returned  to  his  office,  and  shall 
annually,  on  or  before  the  last  day  of  December,  make  out  and 
transmit  to  each  town  treasurer  and  to  the  collector  of  taxes 
for  unorganized  towns  and  gores,  a  notice  of  the  amount  so  ap- 
portioned and  that  the  same  must  be  paid  into  the  state  treas- 
uiy  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  June  following,  and  also  issue 
and  transmit  at  the  same  time,  to  said  collector,  a  warrant  for  the 
collection  of  such  tax. 

Sec.  1093.  Payment.  The  town  or  city  treasurer  shall, 
upon  receipt  of  such  notice,  transmit  the  same  to  the  selectmen  j^^g^  ^^  ^.^  ., 
or  mayor,  who  shall  draw  an  order  on  the  town  or  city  treasurer  J'^^^-S^^eo.  ^ 
for  the  amount  of  such  tax;  and  the  treasurer  shall  pay  the 
same  into  the  state  treasuiy  out  of  any  money  belonging  to  the 
town  or  city.  If  the  funds  in  the  hands  of  such  town  or  city 
treasurer  arc  not  sufficient  to  pay  the  tax,  the  selectmen  or  mayor 
shall  borrow  the  necessary  amount  upon  orders.  The  commis- 
sioner of  taxes  for  unorganized  towns  and  gores  shall,  upon 
receipt  of  such  notice  and  warrant,  assess  a  tax  for  the  amount 
specified  therein  and  cause  the  same  to  be  collected  in  the  raannei- 
prescribed  by  law  and  paid  into  the  state  treasury  according  to 
such  notice  and  warrant. 

Sec.  1094.     Town  clerk  to  certify  as  to  number  of  legal  schools. 
A  town  clerk  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July,        ,.    ^.  ,  „, 

.  •"  J  J     1910.  No.  65   §  21. 

furnish  the  superintendent  of  education,  on  a  blank  to  be  furnished  v.  f^!5,'6i 

.  '.  '  1894.»No.  10  §    1. 

by  said  superintendent  for  that  purpose,  a  certified  statement 
of  the  number  of  legal  schools  maintained  during  the  preceding 
year  in  his  town;  and  said  .superintendent  shall  forthwith  transmit 
such  statement  to  the  state  treasurer.  A  town  shall  not  be 
entitled  to  its  share  of  the  tax  assessed  in  the  third  preceding 
S3ction,  if  its  clerk  fails  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section. 
NO.  72,  ACTS  OF  1910. 
Sec.  1.  Close  of  School  by  Health  Officer.  If  at  any  time  a 
town  has  not  maintained  a  legal  school  or  schools  the  number  of 


50  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

weeks  required  by  law  to  constitute  a  legal  school,  by  reason  of  a 
school  or  schools  having  been  closed  by  the  health  officer  on  ac- 
count of  a  contagious  disease,  it  shall  not  be  denied  its  share  of 
public  school  money. 
R-^fsiSYooe/'  ^^'^^  ^095.     Distribution.       The  state  board  of  education  shall 

1902'  No'  to  I  i'  annually,  in  the  month  of  June,  apportion  the  money  in  the  state 
Tsgi  No"'^'0  §  1  treasury  received  on  such  tax  in  the  following  manner :  in  order  to 
1890  No' 6'  I  6'  equalize  school  taxes  and  afford  equal  school  privileges,  forty-five 

thousand  dollars  shall  be  reserved  and,  in  its  discretion,  shall  be 
apportioned  by  said  board  among  the  towns,  unorganized  towns 
and  gores,  which  have  actually  expended,  in  addition  to  all  other 
school  moneys,  at  least  fifty  cents  on  the  dollar  of  the  grand 
list  for  school  purposes,  not  including  new  buildings.  The 
remaining  portion  of  the  income  received  on  such  tax  shall, 
at  the  same  time,  be  apportioned  by  said  board  among  the  towns, 
unorganized  towns  and  gores,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of 
legal  schools  maintained  in  each  during  the  preceding  school 
year,  but  any  town  maintaining  only  one  school  shall  not  for- 
feit its  share  in  such  apportionment  because  the  average  daily 
attendance  of  such  school  is  below  .six  for  twenty-eight  con- 
secutive weeks.  Upon  completion  of  the  apportionments  herein 
provided  for,  said  board  shall  forthwith  furnish  the  state  treas- 
urer a  certified  copy  of  the  same.  In  unorganized  towns  and 
gores,  the  moneys  received  from  the  state  on  the  division  of 
revenues  according  to  number  of  legal  schools  shall  be  divided 
equally  among  the  several  school  districts  which  have  main- 
tained legal  schools  during  the  preceding  school  j'^ear. 
T,  ,nn=  ;  ,«r.v  Sec.  1096.     Board    of    distribution.     Said  treasurer  shall,  an- 

It.  lyub,  s   luU/ . 

1902'  No  30  I  ■''  niially,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July,  divide  the  money  in 
1908,  No.  47,  §  2.  the  statc  treasury  received  on  such  tax  according  to  the  appor- 
tionments made  by  said  board,  and,  after  approval  by  the  auditor 
of  accounts,  shall  transmit  the  same  to  the  treasurers  of  the 
respective  towns  who  shall  credit  such  apportionments  to  the 
school  funds  of  the  town. 

Legal  Schools. 

il96',No.'2?'/i^'  ''^EC.  1097.     Definition.     A    legal    school    for    the   purposes    of 

isM.Noab, §  2.  *^^^^  chapter  .shall  l>e  one  which,  during  the  preceding  school 
year,  has  been  maintained  for  at  least  twenty-eight  weeks,  dur- 
ing which  time  the  average  daily  attendance  of  pupils  has  been 
not  less  than  six,  and  which  has  been  taught  by  a  duly  qualified 
teacher  whose  register  has  been  kept  and  returned  as  required 
by  law. 

Division  of  Public  Money  between  Town  and  Incorporated  District. 

i90o;  No'.lo.Vi.  ^^^-  ^^^^-     ^°^  made.   For  the  purposes  of  this  act  a  district 

v^^i'  f%is!'  ^  '■       incorporated   by   special    act   of   the   general    assembly   shall   be 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  51 

considered  a  town,  but  such  district  shall  not  be  entitled  to  its  is«^.  No.  20,  si. 
portion  of  the  state  school  tax  until  its  school  board  has  fur-isss.  No.  9,  §'§  141, 
nished  to  the  state  treasurer  the  name  of  the  treasurer  of  suchisse,  No.  24. 

1884,  No.  29. 

district.     Provided   an   incorporated   school   district,   or  part   of R- L- H  661, 662.  _ 

I8SO,  No.  94,  §§  .■>,  6. 

such  a  district,  exists  in  any  town,   all  revenue  from  bequests,  i876,  No.  51. 

.  ...  1874,  No.  40,  §    1. 

funds  or  public  lands,  not  otherwise  specifically  disposed  of  byi866,No.  9,§  1. 
will,  grant  or  act  of  legislature,  but  devoted  to  the  public  schoolsG-S.'22,  §  s:i. 

'  '^  "^  '^  I860,  No.  5. 

of  such  towns,  shall  be  divitlcd  by  the  selectmen,  on  or  beforeisss,  No.  1  §§  5,  e. 

.       H.  o.  IS,  §   32- 

September    first,    annually,    between    the    town    school    district}827.  No.  2:i,|  9. 
and   the  incorporated  school   distiict  accordina;  to   the  number  _  ,§§1.  "■  ^  ^ 

...  .  1/95,  p.  10,  §   3. 

of  legal  schools  maintained  in  each,  and  the  portion  of  the  rovenueR- i787.p.  136. 
received  by  each  district  shall  be  credited  to  the  school  funds 
of  such  district. 

NO.  47,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Sec.  4.Transportation  of  High  School  Students.  In  all  cases  of  trans- 
portation of  elementary  pupils,  high  school  students  may  have  the 
privilege  of  transportation  on  conveyances  furnished  elementary 
pupils,  and,  in  the  distribution  of  state  aid  for  transportation, 
no  deduction  shall  be  made  in  the  amount  due  a  town  on  account  of 
transportation  furnished  high  school  students  under  this  section. 

Statements. 

Sec.  1100.     By   prudential    committee.     The    prudential    com-R.'i'906.''§  *ioii.' ' 
niittee  of  an  incorporated  school  district  shall  annually,   on  orv'*^^^;  5  g'so. 
before  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  return  to  the  town  clerk,  or  inJIss,  no.  9,  |  237. 
case  of  a  district  in  an  unorganized  town  or  gore,  to  the  super- 
intendent  of  education,    an   itemized   statement   under  oath   of 
the  actual  cash  expenditures  of  the  district  for  school  purposes 
(luring  the  preceding  year;  and  no  district  shall  be  entitled  to 
receive   any   portion   of   its   school   money,   unless   such   returns 
are  made. 

Sec.  1101.     By    selectmen.     The    selectmen    shall    annually,9io.  No.  6.5.  §  23. 
in  the  month  of  July,  after  they  have  made  the  division  of  thei.ss's.  No.  9.'§  244. 
public  money  as  provided  in  the  third  preceding  section,  lodgeG!s.'22.  §  S5. 
with  the  town  clerk  a  written  statement  of  the  amount  so  divided. 

Forfeitures. 

Sec.  1102.     By  officers.     A    school    director    or    a    prudentialv.s.  §'S53.'< 

11-,  1  <■    ,  r     ,  18S8,^No.9, 5   240. 

committee  who  knowingly  makes  a  false  statement  of  the  amount 
expended  for  schools,  or  a  selectman  who  knowingly  distributes 
public  money  to  an  incorporated  school  district  not  entitled 
thereto,  shall  forfeit  to  the  town  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  re- 
covered in  an  action  on  this  .statute. 

Miscellaneous. 

Sec.  1103.     Grand    juries    to  investigate.      Grand  juries    shallv.'s§  "65. 

,  ,  ,  ,  ,  1S8S,  No.  "1  5   2>il 

annually   inquire   whether  towns  in  their  counties  have  appro-i8S4,  No.  26.  §  3. 


52  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

R.!L.!§  660.  priated  and  expended  the  required  sum  for  the  support  of  schools 

R;„s.i|'.  M6-  as  provided  in  this  chapter;  and,  in  case  of  neglect,  they  shall 

is2i;  p.  90.  §  1.  present  their  indictment  thereof  to  the  court. 
V.  s.  §766.  Sec.  1104.     Town    superintendents    to  make  inquiries.      The 

1S90,  No.5.§  2.  .  ^  ^ 

isss,  No.  9,  §'.232.  town  supcnntendent  of  school.s  shall  ascertam  whether  the  re- 
quirements of  this  chapter  relating  to  the  appropriation  and 
expenditure  of  moneys  from  the  town  treasury  for  the  support 
of  schools  are  complied  with;  and,  in  case  of  a  non-compliance, 
he  shall  bring  the  matter  to  the  attention  of  the  state's  attorney 
or  grand  jury. 

CHAPTER  53. 

TEXT  BOOKS  AND  SUPPLIES. 

R.I1906.  §  1017.  Sec.  1105.     Towns   to   furnish.     The   board   of   school    direc- 

is96,'no!i9;|  li.  tors  shall  provide  and  furnish,  at  the  expense  of  the  town,  all 
isg^'.Vo^^is,  §  1.  appliances,  supplies  and  text-books  used  in  the  studies  enum- 
1878,  No.^122,  §  9.  cratcd  in  section  one  thousand  and  three,  and  may  provide  and 
furnish  text-books  used  in  the  studies  enumerated  in  section  one 
thousand  and  sixteen,  to  be  paid  for  by  order  of  said  board. 
R.  1906,  §  lois.  Sec.  1106.     Regulations.     Said  board  shall  make  such   rules 

iS94;^No°'i3,  §  2.  and  regulations  as  it  deems  proper  for  the  care  and  custody  of 
appliances,  supplies  and  text-books  purchased,  and  shall  loan 
appliances  and  text-books  free  of  charge  to  resident  pupils,  and 
may  sell  such  text-books  at  cost  to  persons  having  the  control 
of  pupils. 
R.  1906,  §1019.  Sec.  1107.     Damages  to.      When  a  pupil   loses,   destroys  or 

1S94,  No.  13,  §  3.  unnecessarily  injures  a  book  or  appliance  loaned  to  him,  he,  or 
the  person  having  him  under  control,  shall  pay  such  loss  or  dam- 
age to  the  satisfaction  of  the  board  of  school  directors  within  a 
reasonable  time  after  written  notice  from  it;  otherwise  said 
board  shall  report  such  loss  or  damage  to  the  selectmen  of  the 
town,  or  the  proper  officers  of  the  incoiporated  school  district, 
who  shall  include  in  the  next  town  or  district  tax  of  said  person 
the  value  of  such  book  or  appliance.  For  neglect  to  comply 
with  the  pi'ovisions  of  this  section,  the  board  of  school  directors 
shall  be  liable  for  such  loss  or  damage  in  an  action  of  general 
assumpsit  in  the  name  of  such  town  or  incorporated  school  district. 
1898,  No.  27,  §  2.  Sec.  1108.     Selection.     The    board    of    school    directors    and 

1894,  No'.  13,  §  5.       the  town  superintendent  shall  select  the  text-books  to  be  used 

1888,  No.  9,  Ch.  10.      .       ,  ...         ,        ,  jogg  mq  o  ,j;.1q    j^„    14    s  .5. 

1882,  No.  19.  in  the  public  schools.  G  S 'o'  §  7  isis   No'  37    I  5 

?s,^-if°9-  lS74,No..S3,§l.  1862,Ni.  8.  ISSs!  No.  19!  5  1. 

18(8,  No.  122,  §§  1-4.  1S72,  No.  14.  1858,  No.  1,  §  11.  1S27,  No.  23,  §  4. 

v.  s.  §778.  Sec.  1109.     Penalty.     The    superintendent    of    education,    an 

1888,  No.  9,  §  187.  .  r.         ,  ,  ■  i       .t         j.         i         •  \  i- 

1884,  No.  36,  §  1.  examiner  of  teachers,  a  town  supennendent,  a  teacher  m  a  public 
school,  or  any  other  person  officially  connected  with  the  direction 
of  such  school,  shall  not,  directly  or  indirectly,  receive  any  gratuity 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  53 

or  compensation  for  rcpommcnding  or  procuring  the  adoption  of  a 
school  book,  the  purchase  of  school  apparatus,  furniture  or  other 
supplies  to  be  used  in  a  public  school.  A  person  who  violates  a 
provision  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  nor  less  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

CHAPTER  54. 
TAKING  LAND  FOR  SCHOOL  PURPOSES. 
Sec.  1110.     Duties    of    selectmen.     When    the    location    of    ay. s. §812. 

ISSb.  No.  9,  §  2o9. 

school  house  is  determined  and  lands  for  such  school  house  and R;L.§  5:54       ,,  ,  , 

1S78,  No.  112,  §§  2,  3. 

grounds  are  needed,  or  when  a  town  or  district  votes  to  purchaseCi.s.22,  §§  114.  us. 

^  '  18o0,  No.  .^.  §  1 . 

additional   lands  for  school  purposes,   if  the  owner  refuses  toissij,  no.ss. 

"^  .         .  .         IS.Ti.  No.  5S,  §  1. 

convey  the  same  to  such  town  or  district  for  a  reasonable  pnce,33  vt.271. 
the  selectmen  of  the  town,  or  the  selectmen  of  a  town  adjoining 
an  unorganized  town  or  gore  in  which  such  district  is  located, 
shall,  on  the  application  of  the  board  of  school  directors  or  the 
prudential  committee,  set  out  the  necessary  lands  and  cause 
the  same  to  be  sui-veyed,  and  shall  appoint  a  time  and  place  for 
hearing  and  give  notice  thereof  to  the  persons  interested,  either 
personally  or  by  written  notice  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner 
or  occupant  of  such  lands,  and,  at  such  hearing,  shall  ascertain 
the  damages  sustained  by  said  interested  persons;  and  the  damages 
agreed  upon  or  assessed  shall  be  paid  or  tendered  to  said  persons 
before  taking  possession  of  the  lands. 

Sec.  1111.     Same.     When  the  selectmen  decide  to  take  lands,]'j^^|-^^^^|- j^eo. 
they  shall,  in  their  order  for  that  pui-pose,  fix  a  time  and  notify  J^gy^y^^s^, 2^  j5  4^  5 
the  owner  or  occupant  thereof,   within  which  he  shall  remove*^  ^*'' *^2- 
his  buildings,  fences,  timber,  wood  or  trees,  which,  in  the  case 
of  enclosed  or  improved  lands,   shall  not,  without  the  consent 
of  the  owner,  be  less  than  three  months,  nor  until  compensation 
for  damages  to  such  land  is  tendered  or  paid;  and,  if  they  are 
not  removed  within  such  time,  the  selectmen  shall  remove  them 
at  the  expense  of  the  town  or  district. 

Sec.  1112.     Orders,  proceedings  and    survey    to    be    recorded.v.  s.  §814. 

.      '^  °  ■'  .    .  ISS8,  N0.9,  §261. 

Orders  and  proceedings  of  the  .selectmen,  under  the  provisionsR.  l.  5536. 

,.  .  •  ,     ,         ■  ,.,,,,        1878,  No.  112.  §6. 

of  the  two  preceding  sections,  with  the  survey  of  the  land  taken,G. .s. 22, §  lu. 

^  °  ■'  ...    ,1860,  No.  3,  §  1. 

shall  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  town  in  which  18.57,  No.  58.  §  1. 
the  land  lies,  or,  if  in  an  unorganized  town  or  gore,  in  the  county 
clerk's  office. 

Sec.  1113.     Reference  of  question  of  damages.     If  the  ownerv.  s.  5815. 

,      ,    ,  ,  ,  1888,  No.  9.  §  262. 

of  such  land  docs  not  accept  the  damages  awarded  bv  the  select-u.L. §537. 

.  .  "  ,  G.  S.  22, 5  116. 

men,  the  school  directors  or  prudential  committee  of  such  towniseo.  N0.3.  §3. 

.        .  •   ,     ,  •  ,.  ,  •  f     ,  1857.  No.  .58, 5  3. 

or  district  may  agree  with  him  to  refer  the  question  of  damages 
to  one  or  more  disinterested  ])er.sons,  whose  award  shall  be  made 
in  writing  and  shall  be  final. 


54  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

1904,  No.  46, 1  1.  Sec.  1114.     Petition    to    county   court;   appointment   of   com- 

1888,  No.  9,  §  26a.       missiouers.     If  a  person  interested  in  such  land  is  dissatisfied 
G.'.s.'22,'§  117.  with  the  action  of  the  selectmen  in  locating  and  setting  it  out  or 

185?;  No'.  58,  §  '4.  with  the  damages  awarded  by  them,  he  may  apply  by  petition  to 
the  county  court  at  its  next  stated  term,  if  there  is  sufficient  time 
for  notice,  and  if  not,  to  the  succeeding  term;  and  any  number 
of  persons  aggrieved  may  join  in  the  petition.  The  petition, 
with  a  citation,  shall  be  served  on  the  clerk  of  the  town  or  school 
district,  at  least  twelve  days  before  the  session  of  the  court;  and 
the  court  shall  appoint  three  disinterested  commissioners,  who 
shall  inquire  into  the  necessity  for  locating  and  setting  out  such 
land  and  as  to  the  amount  of  damages  sustained  by  the  persons 
interested  therein. 
1904  No  46,  §  2.  Sec.  1115.     Hearing.     The  commissioners  shall  give  six  days' 

1888  No^9,§  264.        notice  to  such  clerk  and  to  the  petitioners  of  the  time  and  place 
G's-^l^iisl'iig.    of  hearing;  and,  when  they  have  completed  their  inquiries,  they 
lit?;  No.  ssfls^sI'ts.-S  shall   report  to   the   court;   and,   upon   hearing,   the   court  may 
accept  or  reject  the  report,  in  whole  or  in  part,  may  make  such 
orders  as  are  necessary  for  locating  and  setting  out  such  land 
and  for  the  removal  of  obstructions  thereon,  maj-  render  judg- 
ment for  the  petitioners  for  such  damages  as  they  have  severally 
sustained,  may  tax  costs  for  either  party  and  may  award  execu- 
tion in  the  premises.  > 
v.'s.  §'si8.                   Sec.  1116.     Notice    to    mortgagee    or    assignee.     If    lands    so 
R.?.'§54?.'^'^*'       required  by  a  town  or  district  are  encumbered  by  mortgage,  such 
?86l'.^Nofio"°'           town  or  district  shall  cause  the  same  notice  to  be  given  to  the 
mortgagee  or  assignee  of  the  mortgage  as  is  required  to  be  given 
to  the  owner;  and  the  damages  agreed  upon,  or  otherwise  deter- 
mined, as  specified  in  this  chapter,  shall  be  paid  to  the  mort- 
gagee or  assignee;  but  if  the  sum  due  on  the  mortgage  is  less 
than  the  damages  awarded,  the  amount  due  on  the  mortgage 
shall  be  paid  to  the  holder  and  the  balance  to  the  owner. 
v.s.  §819.    ^               Sec.  1117.     Title,  when  to  vest.     When  the  damages  finally 
r.'l.'§542.'    "           awarded  for  lands  so  taken  by  a  town  or  district  are  paid  to  the 
1861, No.  10..'            person  entitled  thereto,  title  to  such  lands  shall  vest  in  the  town 
or  district  for  the  purposes  aforesaid. 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  56 


PART  II. 

SPECIAL  PROVISIONS. 

CHAPTER  55. 

SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  IN  UNORGANIZED  TOWNS  AND  GORES. 

Organization. 

Sec.  1118.     Duties  of  selectmen.     The   selectmen  of  a  town,  k.  niiie, jioao. 
on  application  of  three  voters  in  an  adioinine  unorganized  townis^ai No. 20.  §  1. 

]■     •  1  U  ■         1/  ■     .  1.S8S.  N0.9.  §70. 

or  gore,  may  divide  such  unorganized  town  or  gore  into  as  manyR.  l.  §S04. 
school  districts  as  may  be  needed  and  name  the  same,  and  shall  ims,  No.  35.' 
organize  them  in  the  manner  provided  in  the  following  section. 

Sec.  1119.     Meetings.     Said    selectmen    shall    call    a    meetingv.  s.  §  7so. 

1       1-    i    ■    i    1  i-  i-         ii  r  •,.    •  ,  ■  IXSS,  No.  9,  §  69. 

in  each  district  by  posting  a  notice  thereof,  specifying  the  time,R.  l.  §503. 

place  and  business  of  the  meeting,  in  two  public  places  in  suchR^s' isj§4?5^  ' 

district,   at  least  seven  days  before  the  time  therein  specified.  i8K!,p°i54. 

One  of  the  selectmen  shall  preside  at  the  meeting,  until  a  mod-R.'  i/sy.'J^'iae*'  ^  ^' 

erator  and  clerk  are  chosen,  when  the  district  shall  be  held  to  be 

organized. 

Sec.  1120.     Record    of    proceedings;    compensation    of    select-^'^«g5  78i.^     ^^ 
men.     The  selectmen  acting  under  the  proceeding  section  shall 
cause  their  doings  to  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the 
county   in   which   such    unorganized   town   or   gore   is   situated, 
and  shall  receive  reasonable  compensation  from  the  petitioners. 

Sec.  1121.     District  to  be  a  body  corporate.     A   school   dis-^i^.^U'^Q,  §71. 
trict,   legally   organized,  sludl   be   a    body  politic   and   coiporate,G;.^-J2?H'29,:ji. 
with  the  powers  of  a  corporation  for  maintaining  schools  in  such^sal,  N0.23' u^5 
district,  and,  by  its  corporate  name,  may  sue  and  be  sued,  and®"^*'  "^■ 
may  take,  hold  and  convey  real  and  personal  estate. 

Officers. 

Sec.  1122.     Election;  term  of  office.     A  school  district  shalh^.f^-Syss. 

,  ,  .  'ISS.S,  No.  9,  §  7.'}. 

at  its  organization,  and  at  each  annual  meeting  thereafter,  elect i« ■  i'.§.508. 

IS/'*  No    1  '■* 

from  among  the  legal  voters  of  such  district  a  moilerator,  clerk,<is'22.'§§"32, 73. 

,,  ,.  ,  .  '1861,  No.  11. 

collector,  treasurer,  one  or  three  auditors  and  a  prudential  coin-'*<54,  N0.42. 

,  ,  ,.        .  RS.  18,  §  9. 

mittee  of  one  person,   unless  the  district  shall   vote  to  have  a'^'"'.  N0.23. 

1-827,  No.  23  §  7 

prudential  committee  of  three  as  provided  in  the  following  section,  istwip.  sie,  §  1. ' 
Their  term  of  office  shall  comniencc  at  the  time  of  their  election R.  178"!  p!  i36.' 


1888,  No.  9,  §  75. 


56  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

iivt.eis.  and  continue  until  their  successors  are  chosen;  but  if  the  pru- 

2oVt!495!  dential  committee  is  absent  more  than  three  months  from  the 

32  vt.  769.  district,  his  office  shall  be  deemed  vacant . 

V.  s.  §784.  Sec.  1123.     Prudential    committee.     A    school    district    may 

R^^L.'ssoa.'  "  ■  elect  a  prudential  committee  of  three  persons,  one  of  whom  shall 
ises!  No.  ii.  H  2, 3.  be  chosen  for  one  year,  one  for  two  years  and  one  for  three  years; 
63Vt.'647.  and,  until  otherwise  voted,  such  district  shall,  upon  the  expira- 

tion  of  the  term  of  a  member  of  such  committee,  elect  a  successor 
for  three  years,  and  may  fill  a  vacancy, 
v.s.  §785.      __  Sec.  1124.     Same.     If   such    a   committee   is   elected    at   the 

organization  of  the  district,  and  such  organization  is  not  at  the 
time  fixed  for  an  annual  school  meeting,  the  time  between  the 
organization  and  the  next  armual  meeting  shall  be  considered 
the  first  year  of  such  terms. 
V.S.5  7S6.  Sec.  1125.     Discontinuance   of   prudential   committee.     When 

1888,  No.  9,  .  ^j^^  district  has  voted  to  discontinue  such  committee,  it  shall  not 
elect  successors  to  the  members  as  their  terms  expire;  and  the  re- 
maining members  or  member  of  such  committee  shall  be  the  pru- 
dential committee  of  such  district,  until  the  end  of  the  term  which 
is  last  to  expire. 
v.  s.  §788.  Sec    1126.     Moderator.     The  moderator  shall  preside  at  school 

1888,  No.  9,  §  78  .        .  .  ,      .       ,  .         ,  ,  , 

R.  L.  §51.3.  district  meetings;  and,  in  his  absence,  a  moderator  pro  tempore 

1872,  No.  12.  . 

G.  s.  22,  §  34.  shall  be  chosen  to  preside  at  such  meetings. 

lS52,No.  38,  §  1.  ' 

R.  S.  18,  §  9. 
1827,  No.  23,!§  7. 

Application  of  Laws. 

i906,No.60.  §  1.  Sec.  1127.     What  laws  to  apply.     The  provisions  of  law  relating 

R.n906?§?d3V''         to  the  administration  aiul  maintenance  of  public  schools,  school 
meetings  and  voters  therein,   to   raising   and   expending  school 
moneys,  to  sharing  in  state  aid  for  public  school  purposes,  to  the 
election  and  appointment  of  school  officers,  to  elementary  and 
higher  instmction,  to  transportion,  board  and  attendance  of  pupils, 
to  truancy,  to  the  furnishing  of  text-books  and  appliances  and  to 
other  matters  pertaining  to  .schools  in  a  town,  shall,  unless  other- 
wise provided,  pertain  to  schools  maintained  and  all  matters  per- 
taining thereto  in  school  districts  in  unorganized  towns  and  gores. 
R.  1906,  §1040.        _      Sec.  1128.  Powers,  duties  and  liabilities  of  officers.     The  powers, 
1S94,  No.' 162,  §  802.  ^'dutics  and  liabilities  of  the  collector,  treasurer,  auditors,  prudential 
i.ss4;no;34.       '"     committee  and  clerk  of  a  district  shall  be  like  those  of  a  town 
R.^L.  §§511,     .,0    ■^^iigp^Qj.^  treasurer,  auditors,  board  of  school  directors  and  clerk 
1876;  No^  iS;  of  same,  and  said  clerk  shall  also  perform  the  duties  of  a  town  clerk 

li^s.  22? §'§'''32,  49,"si. relative  to  schools.     The  district  collector  or  treasurer  shall,  before 
R.s.'i8r§§  17, 19.'       entering  upon  his  duties,  if  required  by  a  vote  of  the  district  or  the 
R.^i797°p'.'495,  ^  sT  prudential  committee,  give  a  bond  to  the  district  conditioned  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties,  in  such  sum  as  may  be  re- 
quired; and,  if  a  collector  or  treasurer  neglects  for  ten  days  to  give 
a  bond  as  required,  his  office  shall  be  vacant. 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  57 

Records. 

Sec.  112Q.     Clerk  to  keep.     The  clerk  shall  keep  a  record  of  thev.s.  §789. 
vote.s  and  proccedinss  oi  .school  district  meetings  and  give  certified  k.  l.  §  517. 
copies  thereof  when  required;  for  a  wilful  neglect  of  such  duty,  heiw-i!  No!  39.' 
shall  forfeit  twenty  dollars  to  the  district,  to  be  recovered  in  anisss,  No.  :j7,'§  i. 

,  .  ■'  H.  ,S.  18,  §  10. 

action  on  this  statute.  1827,  No.  23,  s  7. 

Vacancies. 

Sec.  1130.     How  filled.     When  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  officev.s.  §79s. 
of  collector,  treasurer  or  clerk  of  a  school  district,  or  in  the  officeR.  l.'§  sis.' 
of  prudential   committee  where  the  committee  consists  of  oneo.  8.22,  j'35'. 
person,  the  district  shall  fill  the  vacancy  at  a  special  meeting.  u  vt.  eis. 

26Vt.  503.  52Vt.  110. 

Sec.  1131.     Surrender  of  books  and  papers.     When  a  school yoJ^-^K,^^";-  . 

\    '^  1884,  No.  25,  §    1. 

district  office  becomes  vacant  by  e.xpiration  of  the  term  of  office 
of  the  incumbent,  or  otherwise,  and  a  successor  is  elected  or  ap- 
pointed, said  successor  shall,  on  demand,  be  entitled  to  receive 
the  books  and  papers  of  such  office  from  the  last  incumbent  or 
anyone  having  the  same  in  his  possession.  A  person  having  such 
books  or  papers  in  his  possession,  who  refuses  for  ten  days,  after 
demand,  to  surrender  the  same  to  said  successor,  shall  be  fined  ten 
dollars. 

Meetings. 

Sec.  1132.     When  held.     Annual  school  meetings  of  a  districtv.  s.  §  soo. 
shall  be  held  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  or  if  the  thirtieth  fallisss]  No.  9,  §  89. 
on  Sunday,  on  the  twenty-ninth,  and  special  meetings  shall  beo>'-'2.§§  41,42. 

,  ,  .....  \.    ,        ,.        .         ^  IS6I,  No.  11. 

warned  on  the  application  01  three  voters  of  the  district.  i85s,  no.  2. 

R.  S.  IS,  §12.  R.  1797,  p.  495,  §  3.  20Vt.  487.  IQlo' No' b?' -M 

•  1827,  No.  23,  §  7.  1795,  p.  10,  §  2.  23  Vt.  416.  ^^'"'  ™°-  ""■  "*■ 

Sec.  1133.     Warnings.     Warnings   for   school    meetings   shallv.  s.  §80i. 
be  recorded  before  being  posted.  ef^^t.'sw.''''  ^  '' 

Sec.  1134.     Same.      School  meetings  shall  be  warned  bv  thev.  s.  §802. 

..    .  ,  .  ,      "  ISSS,  No.  9,  §  90. 

clerk,  by  posting  a  notice  thereof,  specifying  the  time,  place  andR- i.-S  521. 
business  of  the  meeting,  in  two  public  places  in  such  district,  atif^si.No.  28.' 

...  K.  .S.  18,  §  12. 

least  seven  days  before  the  time  therein  specified.  i'*27.  No.  23,'  5  7. 

64  vt.  527.  23  vt.  416.  16  Vt.  4.39.  k' i't?-' .?■  r?«®''*  '-' 

;•    67  Vt.  150.  43  Vt.  207.  17  Vt.  337.  f;  v,    \^n 

67  Vt.  566.  48  Vt.  599.  22  Vt.  309.  '*  *  t.»JUU. 

Sec.  1135.     Eligibility  of  voters.     The  moderator  at  a  schoolv-s.  §803. 
meeting,  the  clerk  and  the  members  of  the  prudential  committee R-iV.  5§ '523,  524'. 
shall  decide  all  questions  as  to  the  eligibility  of  a  person  to  votciwo!  No!  17'.' 

in  fl  «pl,nnl  mpptino-  G.  .^.  22,  5  29.         1827,  No.  23,  §  7.         55  Vt.  43.  1S68,  No.  39. 

in  a  SCI looi  meeting.       r.  s.  is,  §7.        35  vt.  6.32.  55Vt.62. 

Sec.  1136.     Neglect  to  warn;  forfeiture.     If  a  person  whose J^j^J;  y^s^  j  ^^ 
duty  it  is  to  warn  a  school  district  meeting  neglects  to  do  so  for^-^-.f.,^2a 
ten  days  after  application  made  as  provided  by  law,   he  shall'^ji^'J',- '■''■^g-''-., 
forfeit  to  such  district  twenty  dollars  for  each  ten  days'  neglect, ^^  ^''- ""• 
to  be  recovered  in  an  action  on  this  statute. 


58  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

Public  Money. 

TsM^^Vs.  ^^"^^   ^^^'^-     District    entitled    to,    when.     If    the    pupils    of    a 

isii'No'g's' 107'       district  are  provided  with  twenty-eight  weeks'  instruction  during 

is8o'^o%4  5  ■'        ^  school  year,  whether  such  instruction  is  provided  in  the  school 

1876,  No.  45,  §  1.       district,  or  in  other  schools  at  the  expense  of  the  district,  such 

district  shall  be  entitled  to  its  share  of  the  public  money  as  though 

a  school  had  been  maintained  in  such  district  and  the  attendance 

■had  been  in  such  school. 

Commissioner  of  Taxes. 

i906,pio.  59,  §§  1,2.  Sec.  1138.  Duties.  When  a  child  cannot  conveniently  be 
accomodated  with  school  privileges  in  an  unorganized  town  or 
gore,  the  commissioner  of  taxes  for  such  unorganized  town  or 
gore  may  assess  a  tax  upon  the  taxable  property  therein,  not 
exceeding  fifty  percent,  for  payment  of  tuition,  transportation 
or  board  of  such  child,  and  may  draw  an  order  on  the  county 
treasurer  for  the  payment  of  the  expenses  incurred  in  the  school- 
ing of  such  child  at  a  school  within  or  without  such  unorganized 
town  or  gore,  provided  such  expense  does  not  exceed  one  and 
one-half  dollars  per  week.  Said  commissioner  shall  perionn  all 
the  duties  and  have  all  the  authority  vested  in  school  directors 
and  truant  officers  of  organized  towns. 

CHAPTER  56. 

INCORPORATED  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 

Application  of  Laws. 
i?°®^n?°;  ?n J '■  Sec.  1139.     What    laws    to    apply.     The    provisions    of    law 

R.  1906.  §  1050.  ^ 

^■«^'4,ll  ^itA  ™''  ^°®'relating  to  the  administration  and  maintenance  of  public  schools, 
1894.  No.  162,  §§  802, school  mcctings  and  voting  therein,  to  raising  and  expending 
1S92,  No.  2i.§  14.       school  moneys,  to  sharing  in  state  aid  for  public  schools,  to  the 

1890,  No.  5.  §  18.  .  /    '         .  .        ,        ,       ^  ,  , 

election  and  appointment  of  school  officers,  to  elementaiy  and 
higher  instruction,  to  transportation,  board  and  attendance  of 
pupils,  to  truancy,  to  the  furnishing  of  text-books  and  appli- 
ances and  to  other  matters  pertaining  to  schools  in  a  town,  shall, 
unless  otherwise  provided,  pertain  to  schools  maintained,  and  all 
matters  pertaining  thereto,  in  incorporated  school  districts;  and 
the  provisions  of  law  relating  to  the  powers,  duties  and  liabilities 
of  school  officers  in  unorganized  towns  and  gores  shall  apply  to 
such  officers  in  incorporated  districts,  except  that  the  clerk  of 
such  district  shall  not  be  con.sidered  a  town  clerk  for  school 
purposes. 

NO.  65,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Sec.  25.     Date  of  official  duties.     School  officers  in  districts 
incoi-porated  by  the  General  Assembly  shall  enter  upon  their  duties 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  59 

on  July  first  following  their  election,  and  all  school  officers  of  town 
or  incorporated  districts  serving  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this 
act  shall  continue  in  office  until  July  first,  1911. 

Clerk. 

Sec.  1140.     Record  of  appointment.     The  district  clerk  shall,v^g|yM.  ^,^^ 
within  ten  days  after  his  election  or  appointment,  give  notice>i- l.'§  5i7.' 
thereof  to  the  town  clerk;  and,  if  he  fails  so  to  do,  he  shall  receive 
no  compensation  for  making  returns  to  the  town  clerk's  office. 

Collector. 

Sec.  1141.     Town  collector  may  be.     A  school   district  mayj'j;j|y^^"g  j  ^^ 
elect  the  collector  of  town  taxes,  although  not  an  inhabitant  ofG's|2^5*'33 
the  district,  to  be  collector  of  such  district,  if  he  will  accept  the^^^'-  ^o.  12. 
office  in  writing,  and  such  acceptance  shall  be  recorded  by  the 
district  clerk. 

Change  of  Boundaries. 

Sec.  1142.  Warning  meeting  to  vote  on.  If  it  appears  to^^gS- 5^80''^^^ 
the  trustees  or  the  prudential  committee  of  an  incorporated 
school  district  that  the  boundaries  of  such  district  should  be 
changed  by  including  new  territoiy  within  the  town  in  which 
such  district  is  located,' or  by  excluding  territorj'-  that  is  in  the 
district,  they  may  insert  an  article,  fully  describing  the  pro- 
posed change,  in  the  warning  for  a  regular  or  special  meeting 
of  such  incorporated  district. 

Sec.  1143.  Duties  of  trustees  or  prudential  committee;  townv. s. §|807. 
to  vote.  If  a  majority  of  the  voters  at  such  meeting  vote  to 
make  the  proposed  change  in  the  boundaries  of  the  incorporated 
di-strict,  said  trustees  or  prudential  committee  shall  notify  the 
selectmen  of  the  town  in  which  such  district  is  located  of  the  change 
so  voted  to  be  made;  whereupon  said  selectmen  shall  duly  warn 
a  meeting  of  the  town,  exclusive  of  such  incorporated  district, 
setting  forth  in  the  warning  the  vote  of  such  incorporated  district 
and  the  proposed  change  in  its  boundaries;  and,  if  a  majority 
of  the  voters  at  such  town  meeting  vote  to  make  the  change, 
as  voted  by  the  incorporated  district,  such  vote,  together  with 
all  the  proceedings  regarding  such  change  of  boundaries,  of 
both  the  town  and  incorporated  district,  shall  be  recorded  in 
the  town  clerk's  office,  whereupon  such  change  of  boundaries 
shall  be  established. 

Merger  of  Town  and  Incorporated  School  Districts. 

Sec.  1144.     Incorporated  districts  to  vote  on;  surrender,  wheni^Joc,  No^  ss,  5  1. 
lo  take  effect.     An  incorporated  school  district  may,  by  a  ma-is^'*,  No.  31. 


60  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

jority  vote  of  the  legal  voters  present  and  voting  at  any  meeting 
legally  warned,  surrender  its  charter  as  a  corporation  for  the 
maintenance  of  public  schools,  or  such  part  of  its  charter  as 
pertains  to  the  maintenance  of  public  schools.  Such  surrender 
shall  take  effect  not  later  than  April  first  or  September  first 
following  the  vote  so  taken,  and  such  school  corporation  shall 
cease  to  exist,  and  it  shall  become  thereby  a  part  of  the  town 
school  district  and  subject  to  the  laws  governing  the  main- 
tenance and  administration  of  public  schools. 

1906, No. 58,!§ 2.  Sec.  1145.     Town  district  to  vote  on;  merger,  when  to  take 

effect.  A  town  district  may,  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  legal 
voters  present  and  voting  at  any  meeting  legally  warned,  become 
a  part  of  an  incorporated  district,  provided  the  incoi-porated 
district,  at  a  meeting  legally  warned,  votes  to  accept  such  merger. 
Such  merger  shall  take  effect  April  first  or  September  first  follow- 
ing the  vote  so  taken.  When  such  a  merger  has  occurred,  the 
incorporated  district  shall  be  considered  a  town  in  all  respects 
pertaining  to  the  maintenance  and  administration  of  its  public 
schools. 

1906,  No.  58.^1.3.  Sec.  1146.     Settlement  of  business  affairs.     In  case  of  a  union 

of  an  incorporated  district  and  a  town  district  under  either 
of  the  two  preceding  sections,  each  district  shall  settle  its  own 
business  affairs  and  pay  all  its  indebtedness,  except  for  repairs 
and  new  buildings,  shall  deposit  its  records  with  the  town  clerk, 
and  shall  no  longer  exist  except  for  the  settlement  of  its  own 
pecuniaiy  affairs. 

CHAPTER  57. 

SCHOOL  TAXES,  LANDS  AND  BUILDINGS. 

Taxes. 

i8sl,  No^9,  §  200.  Sec.  1147.     Grand  List.     The  grand  list  of  a  school  district 

fs64'  N^o^^bi  shall  be  made  up  of  the  ratable  polls  and  real  and  personal  estate 

G.  S.'22.  H  45,-47,150.    .t_„-- 

1850.  No.  44.  tnerein. 

1S49,  No.  16. 

Tsls,  N?^9,  §!20i.  Sec.  1148.     District  may  raise  tax.     A  school  district  may  by 

59  vt'.  313'  '^°*^  raise  a  tax  upon  its  grand  list  for  the  support  of  schools  therein, 

and  all  expenses  incurred  by  a  district  for  the  support  of  schools 
in  excess  of  the  public  money  received  shall  be  so  defrayed. 
TssI  No *9*'§/2lf2,207  ^Ec.  1149.  Piiidential  committee  to  assess  tax;  collection. 
G'sii. «  47?  Ii'.  The  prudential  committee  shall  assess  a  tax  for  the  amount  voted 
i8'27','No.23!tui,i2.*'0  be  raiscd  and  make  out  a  rate  bill  of  the  same.  A  justice  of 
R  1787'  p'  13?!  ^  ^'  *^^  county  in  -which  such  district  is  situated  shall,  on  application, 
'3  Vt'  tii  make  out  a  warrant  directed  to  the  district  collector,  authorizing 

3^  Vt'  769'  ^^^^  requiring  him  to  levy  and  collect  such  tax  within  the  time 

34  Vt.  94.  limited  in  such  warrant  and  pay  the  same  to  the  district  treasurer. 


R.  S.  18.  §§  15.  16,  IS. 

R.  1797,  pp.  495,  496, 

31  Vt.  337. 

1833,  No.  19,  5  2. 

§§3,4. 

32  Vt.  769. 

1827,  No.  23,  1  11. 

1795,  p.  9. 

37  Vt.  196. 

1824,p.  10,  §  2. 

R.  1787,  p.  137. 

43  Vt.  123. 
56  Vt.  562. 

VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  61 

Said  committee  shall  have  the  same  authority  to  enforce  collections'*  vt.  156. 

:  .  .     40  vt.  31. 

and  payment  of  such  tax  as  selectmen  have  m  enforcma;  collection  43  vt.  362. 

,  .  '^  59  vt.  313. 

and  payment  of  town  taxes. 
Sec.  1150.     Duties  of  collector ;  forfeiture.     A  district  collector  v.  s.ssoo. 

.  .  1888,  No.  9,  §  242. 

shall,  on  the  written  request  of  one  of  the  prudential  committee,  R- L- §  543. 

,  ,.       .  ,     ,  •  ,  ,•        •      G-S.22,§  44. 

pay  to  the  district  treasurer  moneys  belongma;  to  the  districtR.s.  is.  §  14. 

.  .       ^  .      1827,  No.  23,  §5  10. 

collected  by  him  to  that  time,  and  submit  his  tax-book  and  list 
to  said  treasurer  for  inspection  and  computation;  and,  if  a  col- 
lector neglects  .so  to  do  for  ten  days  after  receiving  such  request, 
he  shall  forfeit  to  the  district  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  recovered 
in  an  action  on  this  statute,  and  his  office  shall  be  vacant. 

Sec.  1151.     Deductions.     A  district  may,  at  the  time  of  votingv.  .s.  §  S4i. 

...  ,     .  ^         ,   .  ,  °1888,No.  9,  §203. 

a  tax,  direct  the  collector  to  deduct  a  percent  fixed  by  the  vote,  R.  l.  §632. 
from  the  tax  of  a  person  paying  before  the  daj^  fixed. 

Sec.  1152.     Notice  of  time  of  payment.     The  collector  of  a  taxv.  s.  §842. 

.  ,.,,,.  ,  ,  .,,..,  ,.        188S,  No.  9,  §  204. 

trom  which  a  deduction  may  be  made  as  provided  in  the  precedingR.  l.  §  632. 
section  shall  appoint  a  day  within  the  time  limited,  at  a  place 
within  the  district,  when  and  where  he  will  receive  such  tax,  and 
shall  post  a  notice  thereof  in  three  public  places  in  the  district  and 
publish  the  same  in  each  newspaper  printed  in  such  district,  at 
least  ten  days  before  the  time  appointed,  and  shall  attend  at  the  • 
time  and  place  appointed  to  receive  payment  of  such  tax. 

Sec.    1153.     Omission    of    names    from    tax-bill;    abatement.v.  s.  s  843. 
A  district  may,  by  a  two-thirds  vote,  direct  the  prudential  com-R.  l.'  §  633.'  ' 
mittee  to  omit,  in  making  up  the  tax-bill,  the  names  of  such  persons  i844.  No.  6. ' 
as  are  unable  to  pay  their  proportion  of  the  tax;  and  a  district 
may,  by  two-thirds  vote,  remit  or  make  abatement  of  a  tax  to  an 
amount  not  exceeding  five  percent  of  such  tax. 

Sec.  1154.     Board  of  abatement;  meetings.     The   ofl[icers  o^yjoo  ii^H' . , 
a  school  district,  except  the  collector,  shall  be  a  board  for  the}8S8.Np.9!|266. 

K.  Ij.  §  63o. 

abatement  of  district  taxes;  and  said  board  shall  have  the  samei^^s.  No.  123. 
power  which  the  board  for  the  abatement  of  town  taxes  has  in 
the  abatement  of  town  taxes.  A  majority  of  said  board  shall 
constitute  a  quorum.  The  prudential  committee,  on  request  of 
the  collector,  shall  call  a  meeting  of  said  board  in  the  month  of 
March  in  each  year,  previous  to  the  annual  school  meeting,  by 
posting  a  notice  thereof  in  three  public  places  in  such  district  at 
least  five  days  before  such  meeting. 

Sec.  1155.     Execution    against    district,  payment    of.     Whenv.  s.  §847. 
a  demand  is  made  upon  a  school  district  for  the  payment  of  an  r."l.' §  679.'  '^ 
execution  issued  against  it  and  the  district  has  no  available  fundsR. s!78;§iii.''" 
to  pay  the  same,  the  prudential  committee  shall  forthwith  asscssR'  1787,  p.i3i.'  "    ' 
and  have  collected  a  tax  sufficient  to  pay  such  execution  and  the 
charges  and  twelve  percent  interest,  in  the  same  manner  as  a  tax 
voted  by  the  district  is  assessed  and  collected. 


62  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

Lands  and  Buildings. 

V.  s.  SOS.  Sec.  1156.     Tax  for.     A  school  district  may  raise  a  tax  on  its 

18S8,  No.  9,  §  245.  .  .      .         ■' 

R.  L.  §  525.  grand  list  to  purchase  or  hire  lands  or  buildings  for  school  purposes, 

G.  s.'22,  §  43.  and  to  build,  repair  or  furnish  school  houses  as  may  be  needed 

1827,  Ni.Vs^i  10.  for  such  district.  figs^'l: ^:  *^^'  ^  ^-       i{  v? oe''  '^" 

V.  s.  §809.  Sec.  1157.     Special  committee.     A  district  may  elect  a  special 

1888,  No.  9,  §  246.  .  "^  ,.         ,         ,  ,.,,..  ,         , 

R.L. §543.  committee  to  purcha.se  or  hue  lands  or  buildings  for  school  pur- 

G.  ,S.  22,  §  44.  .  .      .  .    .  "  ' 

R.  .s.  18,  §  14.  poses,  to  superintend  the  building  or  repairing  of  school  houses,  or 

1827,  No.  23,  §  10.  f  '  ^  <•  •   ,  ■  f^  f 

to  procure  necessary  lurni.shings  thereior. 
V.  s.  §810.  Sec.  1158.     Location  of  school  houses.     A  district  providing 

1888,  No.  9,  §  248.  .  ,         ,  ,  ,  .  ,  .         .       ,  .  ° 

R.  L.  §  526.  tor  a  school  house  may,  at  the  same  time,  determine  its  location. 

G.  S.  22,  §  44.      '  R.  S.  IS,  14.  §  1827,  No.  23,  §§  10,  14. 

V.  s.  §811.  Sec.  1159.     Same.     If  a  district  fails  to  determine  such  loca- 

1888,  No.  9,  §  249.  .  ,  ,  ,.     ,  ,  ,  r  i  •    ■ 

R.  L.  §  526.  tion,  the  selectmen  oi  the  town,  or  the  selectmen  oi  a  town  adioin- 

G.  S.  22,  §  44.  .  .  .  .  ... 

R.  s.  18, 1 14.  ing  an  unorganized  town  or  gore,  in  which  such  district  is  located, 

may,  upon  application  of  the  board  of  school  directors  or  pruden- 
tial committee,  determine  such  location. 

CHAPTER  58. 
FIRE  DRILLS. 

1904,  No.  47,  §§  1,4.  Sec.  1160.  Pupils  to  be  drilled,  when.  The  principal  or  person 
in  charge  of  a  public  or  private  school  or  educational  institution, 
other  than  a  university  or  college,  having  more  than  fifty  pupils, 
shall  drill  such  pupils  so  that  they. may  be  able  to  leave  the 
school  building  in  the  shortest  possible  time  and  without  panic 
or  confusion.  Such  drills  shall  be  held  once  in  each  month, 
when  such  school  or  educational  institution  is  in  session. 

1904,  No.  47,  §  2.  Sec.  1161.     Penalty  for  neglect  to  hold.     A  principal  or  per- 

son in  charge  of  such  a  school  or  institution  who  wilfully  neglects 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section  shall 
be  fined  not  more  than  twenty  dollars  nor  less  than  five  dollars. 

1904,  No.  47,  §  3.  Sec.  1162.     This  chapter  to  be  published.     A  board  of  school 

directors,  trustees  or  other  body  or  person  having  control  of  a 
school  shall  cause  a  copy  of  this  chapter  to  be  printed  in  the 
manual  or  hand-book  pi'epared  for  the  guidance  of  teachers, 
where  such  manual  is  in  use  or  may  hereafter  come  in  use. 

CHAPTER  59. 

TESTING  THE  SIGHT  AND  HEARING  OF  PUPILS. 

1904,  No.  45,  §  1.  Sec.  1163.     Equipment.     The  state  boaril   of  health   and   the 

superintendent  of  education  shall  prepare  suitable  test  cards, 
blanks,  record  books  and  other  needed  apparatus  to  be  used  in 
testing  the  sight  and  hearing  of  pupils  in  public  schools,  and  the 
necessary  instruction  for  their  use;  and  said  superintendent  shall 
furnish  the  same  free  of  charge  to  every  public  school. 


VERMONT  SCHOUL  CODE.  63 

Sec.  1164.     Tests.     The  town  suporintendeut,  or  the  principal  i^'o.  No.  59.  f  2. 
.         ,      ,  ■  ■  ,    ,•      •  •  .     ^        .'      i'J04,  No.  45, 1  1. 

01  a  school  in  an  incorporated  ilhstrict  not  m  a  supervisorj'  union, 

shall  biennially,  in  the  month  of  September  of  every  even  year, 
cause  his  teachers  to  test  the  sight  and  hearing  of  every  pupil 
seven  years  of  age  and  older  in  .such  school,  to  keep  a  record  of 
such  according  to  the  instructions  furnished,  to  notify  in  writing 
the  parent  or  guardian  of  a  pupil  who  is  found  to  have  a  defect 
of  vision  or  hearing  or  a  disease  of  the  eyes  or  ears,  with  a  brief 
statement  of  such  defect  or  disease,  and  to  report  the  results 
to  said  superintendent,  or  principal,  who,  in  turn,  shall  report 
the  results  of  such  test  in  his  town  or  district,  to  the  superintendent 
of  education.  Said  town  superintendent,  or  principal  shall  also 
cause  his  teachers  to  test  the  sight  and  hearing  of  all  children, 
in  school,  becoming  seven  years  of  age,  and  to  test  at  any  time 
the  sight  and  hearing  of  any  apparently  defective. 

Sec.  1165.  Appropriation.  The  auditor  of  accounts  shall '•'"•*•  ^"^ '^^^  ^-• 
draw  an  order  for  such  sums  and  at  such  times  as  the  superin- 
tendent of  education,  with  the  approval  of  the  state  board  of 
health,  may  require  to  cany  out  the  provisions  of  this  chapter; 
but  the  total  amount  so  drawn  shall  not  exceed  six  liundred  dol- 
lars in  any  biennial  term  ending  June  thirtieth. 

CHAPTER  60. 

INSTRUCTION  OF  THE  DEAF,  DUMB,  BLIND,  IDIOTIC,  FEE- 
BLE-MINDED AND  EPILEPTIC  CHILDREN. 

Sec.  1166.     Governor     to     be     commissioner.     The     governoriooe.  N0..55, 5  1 
shall  be,  by  virtue  of  his  oflice,  conuiussioner  of  the  deaf,  dumb,R.  I..  §  680! 

.       .  .  .  .  1H72,  No    19 

blind,    idiotic,    feeble-minded    or   epileptic    children    of   indigcntu.  s.'2.3,  §  1! 

I  u  ■      ■  i    u  ..V    i      ii        1  ,1842.  No.  16,  §  I. 

parents,  and,  as  such  commissioner,  shall  constitute  the  boardK.s.  19.  §  1. 
,,,..,       ,.  18:«.  No.  21.  §  2. 

toi'  their  instruction.  1S2.5,  No.  :ii,  2. 

Sec.  1167.     Governor    to    make    report;    compensation.     Thev.  .s.  s  S55. 

governor   shall    biennially    report    to    the   general    assembly    hisis72;No. i9,§7. 

doings  under  this  chapter,  with  an  account  of  the  expenditures,  is45,"n'o.  is,' §'2. 

,      ,      ,,  •  nr.         ,    ,,  11       £■         1   •  •  ,   1842,  No.  16.  SS:f.4 

and  shall  receive  nity  dollars  aniuiallv  lor  his  services  as  sucnR.  s.  19,  §§  7,  s. 

.      .  ■  "  1S26,  No.  52. 

commissioner.  1825. No.  :ii,§2. 

Sec.  1168.    Appropriation.     A     sum     not    exceeding    twenty  1906,  No.  55, 5  2. 
thousand  dollars  is  annually  appropriated  for  the  benefit  of  thei898'.  No!  30!  I  1! 
deaf,    dumb,   blind,   idiotic,   feeble-minded   or  epileptic   childenR.jJ.  §'682. 
of  indigent  parents  to  be  used  agreeably  to  the  provisions  ofi872!  No.' 19.' 5  1. 

this  chanter         1861,  No.  :j4.  1833.  No.  2U  §1-        1825,  No.  31,  §  1.        }?^i'ol°,^o' 

mis  cnapu  I .       ^  ^    jg  ^ .,  j^^q  ^^  ,7.  G-  ^-  23. 5  2- 

Sec.  116Q.     Institutions  for  instruction.     The  beneficiaries  spcci-isos.  No._20.  §  1. 
fied  in  this  chapter  shall  be  instructed  in  the  following  institutions :is92.  No.  27,  §  1. 
the  deaf  and  dumb  at  the  American  Asylum  for  the  education  is72'.  No.  i9. 5  2. 
of  the  deaf  and  dumb  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  the  Clark  Schoohi.  s.'23?'5  a. 
for  the  deaf  at   Northampton,   Massachusetts,   the  Mystic   Oralhsiw',  no.  21,' 5  2. 
School    at   Mystic,    Connecticut,    or   the   Austinc   Institution    ati«ro'No°74-6' 


64  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

Brattleboro,  Vermont;  the  blind  at  the  New  England  Institute 
for  the  instruction  of  the  blind  at  Boston,  Massachusetts;  and  the 
idiotic  or  feeble-minded  children  at  the  Massachusetts  School 
for  the  Idiotic  and  Feeble-Minded  Youth  at  Boston,  or  at  such 
other  institutions  of  like  nature  as  the  governor  shall  select. 
i906,No55,  §3  Sec.  1170.     Board   of   civil  authority  to  furnish  information. 

V.  S.  §  S5S.  ,     ,  ^         _ 

i\;_L-  §684.  The  board  of  civil  authority  in  a  town  shall  ascertain  and  certify 

1872,  No.  19,  §  3.  -^ 

G  .'i.  23,  §4.  to  the  county  clerk,  on  or  before  the  first  dav  of  Februai-v,  an- 

1841,  No.  22.  §  2.  V  I  .  ..I 

R.  s.  19.  §  4.  nually,  the  number  of  deaf  and  dumb  persons  and  the  number 

1833.  No.  21,  }  3.  -J.'  .         .  .  ^ 

1825.  No.  31,  §  3.  of  blind  and  epileptic  persons  m  such  town,  their  ages,  condi- 
tions and  circumstances,  and  the  ability  of  their  parents  to  edu- 
cate'them,the  names  of  all  idiotic  or  feeble-minded  children  be- 
tween the  ages  of  five  and  fourteen  years  residing  in  such  town 
and  the  pecunian'  ability  and  cii'cumstances  of  their  parents  or 
the  persons  bound  to  support  them,  and  whether,  in  the  opinion 
of  said  board,  the  persons  named  are  proper  subjects  for  the 
charity  of  the  state,  and  whether  they  and  their  parents  or 
guardians  are  willing  that  they  should  become  beneficiaries  of 
any  of  the  institutions  provided  for  the  instruction  of  such  persons. 

K.  L.'§685l  Sec.  1171.     County  clerks  to  make  returns.     A  county  clerk 

G.'i'.  23°' §'5.    *■       shall  annually,  before  the  first  day  of  March,  make  return  to  the 

R.  s.'i9r§5"'     "'       governor  of  the  information  he  receives  from  the  several  boards 

1825!  §  No^si,  3^'       of  civil  authority  in  his  county. 

1906.  No.  55,  §  4.  Sec.  1172.     Duties  of  commissioner.     The  governor  may  desie- 

V.  S.  §  860.  ...  .  .  ^  J  b 

R.  L.  §686.  nate  beneficiaries,  may  direct  the  auditor  of  accounts  to  draw 

1872,  No.  19,  §  5.  ,  .  r  ',  ■      •  •  ,     ,   ^       •        ,  •       , 

G.  s.  23,  §  6.  orders  lor  any  part  of  the  appropriation  provided  for  in  this  chap- 

1842,  No.  16.  §  1.  ^  •'   .  ,  ,    ,t'       '^ ,,  ^  ,      .  ,  ,      ^ 

1841.  No.  22,  §  4.        ter,  may  superintend  and  direct  all  concerns  relating  to  the  cduca- 
1833, 'No'. 21,  §2.  tion    of  the  deaf,  dumb,  blind,  idiotic,  feeble-minded  or  epileptic 

children,  inhabitants  of  the  state,  and  may  allow  all  or  any  portion 
of  the  expense  of  their  convej-ance  to  and  support  in  the  institu- 
tions in  which  they  are  instructed,  for  such  time  as  he  deems  proper ; 
and  he  may,  in  his  discretion,  take  bonds  to  indemnify  the  state 
against  expenses  which  accrue  in  consequence  of  the  sickness, 
clothing  or  transportation  of  a  bcncficiaiy. 
1906,  No.  55,  §  5.  Sec.  1173.     Selectmen  to  give  bond.     The   selectmen  of  the 

r'.l.  §687'.  several  towns  may  execute  in  their  official  capacity  in  behalf  of 

ISSO,  No.  124.  ,     .  .  •'  .  ,  .  ,,,,-, 

their  respective  towns, without  a  previous  vote,  the  bond  which 

may  be  required  to  he  given  bj'  the  town  to  indemnifj'  the  state 
against  expenses  which  may  accrue  in  consequence  of  the  sickness, 
clothing  or  transportation  of  tliB  deaf,  dumb,  blind,  idiotic,  feeble- 
minded or  epileptic  beneficiaries  from  such  town, 
v.  s.  §862.  Sec.  1174.     Towns  to  defray  expense  of  conveyance.     When 

R.  L.  §  688.  .  ,  ,  ,  ,  . 

1872,  No.  19,  §  6.       a  person  is  designatetl  a  beneficiarv,  the  town  in  which  he  resides 
1858,  No.  3.  shall  defray  the  expenses  of  his  convej^ance  to  and  from  the  in- 

stitution in  which  he  is  to  be  instructed,  if,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
selectmen,  his  parent  or  guardian  is  not  able  to  pay  the  same. 
1906,  No.  56.  §  1.  Sec.  1175.     Instruction  within  the  state.     The  governor  may 

1884,  No.  39.  §  1.       designate  one  or  more  lilind  or  deaf  and  chinili  beneficiaries,  under 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  65 

the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  who  may  receive  his  education 
within  this  state,  when,  in  the  judgment  of  the  governor,  adequate 
advantages  exist  for  proper  instruction  and  the  public  good  will 
be  subserved  thereby,  notwithstanding  such  beneficiary  is  over 
fourteen  years  of  age. 

Sec.  1176.  Same.  The  governor  shall  allow  fron\  the  generalisoe.  No.  56,  §  2. 
appropriation  for  the  benefit  of  such  person  a  sum  equal  to  the  i884'.  No.  39,  §  2. 
amount  paid  for  a  single  beneficiary  at  any  of  the  institutions  for 
the  education  of  such  beneficiaries  mentioned  in  the  seventh  pre- 
ceding section;  and,  upon  receiving  a  certificate  from  the  select- 
men of  the  town  in  which  such  person  resides  that  a  proper  course 
of  study  has  been  pursued,  he  may  direct  the  auditor  of  accounts 
to  draw  orders  in  quarterly  installments  in  favor  of  the  person 
whom  he  shall  designate  for  the  payment  of  such  sum. 

Sec.  1177.  Appropriation  for  instruction  after  return  fromigoe.  No.  57,fH  1.12. 
institutions.  Twenty-five  hundred  dollars  is  hereby  appropriated 
for  the  benefit  of  the  beneficiaries  named  in  this  chapter,  to  be 
expended  by  the  governor  in  his  discretion,  for  the  care,  education 
and  training  of  such  beneficiaries  after  they  have  been  discharged 
from  the  institutions  in  which  they  have  been  kept  as  subjects 
of  state  charity.  The  governor  may  make  contracts  with  any 
person,  association  or  corporation  for  carrying  out  the  provisions 
of  this  section,  and  may  direct  the  auditor  of  accounts  to  draw 
orders  for  any  part  of  the  appropriation  herein  provided. 

NO.  74,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Section  1.  The  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  payable,  five 
thousand  dollars  October  1,  1911,  five  thousand  dollars  October 
1,  1912,  ten  thousand  dollars,  October  1,1913,  ten  thousand  dollars, 
October  1,  1914,  ten  thousand  dollars,  October  1,1915,  and  ten 
thousand  dollars  October  1,  1916,  is  hereby  appropriated  to  the 
Austine  Institution,  a  corporation  organized  and  existing  under 
and  by  virtue  of  No.  276,  of  the  Acts  of  1904,  as  amended  by  No. 
319,  of  the  Acts  of  1908,  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  suitable  build- 
ing or  plant  for  the  use  of  said  corporation,  upon  the  land  owned 
by  it  in  Brattleboro,  Vermont,  subject  to  the  conditions  pro- 
vided in  the  following  sections;  and  the  auditor  of  accounts  is 
hereby  directed  to  draw  an  order  for  that  amount  in  favor  of  said 
Austine  Institution. 

Sec.  2.  The  appropriation  specified  in  the  preceding  section 
is  made  upon  condition  that  said  Austine  Institution  shall  bind 
itself  by  a  contract  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  governor,  that  it  will 
at  all  times  receive,  take,  instruct  and  care  for,  at  actual  cost,  all 
such  deaf  and  dumb  children  as  the  governor  may  designate  under 
chapter  169  of  the  Public  Statutes,  to  be  received  by  said  corpora- 
tion. 

Sec.  3.  Said  Austine  Institution  shall  be  subject  to  visitation 
and  inspection  by  the  board  of  visitors  to  state  institutions,  pro- 
vided for  by  section  6017  of  the  Public  Statutes;  and  said  board 
shall  include  in  its  biennial  report,  a  statement  of  the  names  and 


66  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

ages  of  such  children  as  may  be  received  by  said  institution  under 
the  provisions  of  the  second  preceding  section,  and  it  shall  report 
fully  as  to  the  condition  and  progress  of  such  children,  with  such 
recommendations  in  regard  to  the  management  of  the  institution 
as  it  may  deem  proper. 

Sec.  4.  The  income  of  the  fund  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  held 
by  said  corporation  shall  be  devoted  exclusively  by  the  trustees 
thereof  in  the  manner  and  for  the  purposes  set  forth  in  a  decree 
of  the  court  of  chanceiy  for  the  county  of  Windham,  in  the  matter 
of  the  will  of  William  Austine,  rendered  at  the  April  term,  1910,  of 
said  court  of  chancery. 

Sec.  5.  The  appropriation  provided  for  in  section  one  is  made 
upon  condition  that  the  amount  thereof  shall  be  used  exclusively 
for  the  purposes  stated  in  this  act,  and  if  said  institution  shall 
cease  to  exist,  the  real  and  personal  estate  of  said  corporation  shall 
be  held  as  security  to  the  state  for  the  amount  so  appropriated 
and  may  be  sold  under  direction  of  the  legislature  for  the  purpose 
of  reimbursing  the  state  for  the  amount  herein  appropriated;  and 
the  said  real  estate  of  said  corporation  shall  at  no  time  be  sold  by 
the  trustees  thereof  without  consent  of  the  legislature. 

CHAPTER  6i. 

UNIVERSITY    OF    VERMONT    AND    STATE    AGRICULTURAL 

COLLEGE,  AND  MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE. 

Appropriations. 

R.  1906, 5 10S8.  Sec.  1178.     Amounts.     The   auditor   of   accounts   shall   draw 

1892',  No.  25, 5§  1,  2.  orders  in  favor  of  the  respective  treasurers  of  the  institutions 
i9io',.No.  75, 5  i.  named  and  for  the  amounts  stated  in  this  section:  University 
of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural  College,sixteen  thousand  dollars; 
Middlebuiy  College,  sixteen  thousand  dollars.  One-half  of  each 
appropriation  shall  be  payable  on  the  first  day  of  July  and  the 
other  half  on  the  first  day  of  January,  annually. 
V.  s.  §867.  Sec.  1179.  University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural  College, 

i9io!  No!  75;  I  2!  Twenty-four  hundred  dollars  of  the  appropriation  in  favor  of 
the  University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural  College  shall 
be  annually  expended  by  such  institution  in  paying  the  tuition 
and  incidental  college  charges  of  thirty  students  appointed  in  the 
manner  provided  in  this  chapter.  Thirteen  thousand  six  hundred 
dollars  of  the  amount  appropriated  in  favor  of  the  University  of 
Vej-mont  and  State  Agricultural  College  shall  be  annually  ex- 
pended by  such  institution  in  providing  instruction  in  the  prin- 
ciples and  methods  of  teaching,  in  branches  relating  to  English 
language  and  literature,  ancient  and  modern  languages  and  his- 
tory, mathematics,  political,  social,  moral  and  industrial  sciences. 
i.9igO.  No-g75,  §  3.  ggc.  1180.  Middlebury  College.  Twenty-four  hundred  dollars  of 

1910  No  75  I  ^3         *'^®  appropriation  in  favor  of  Middlebuiy  College  shall  be  annually 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  67 

expended  by  such  institution  in  paying  the  tuition  and  incidental 
college  charges  of  thirty  students  appointed  in  the  manner  provided 
in  this  chapter;  thirteen  thousand  six  hundred  dollars  annually  for 
the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  a  department  of  pedagogy 
for  the  education  and  training  of  high  school  teachers  in  said  insti- 
tution, and  to  provide  instruction  in  forestry  and  other  subjects 
related  to  the  industries  of  Vermont. 

NO.  75,  ACTS  OF  1910. 

Sec.  4.  The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  draw  his  order  in  favor  of 
the  treasurer  of  the  University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural 
College  for  ten  thousand  dollars  for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  medical 
college  connected  with  said  institution.  One-half  of  said  appro- 
priation shall  be  payable  on  the  first  day  of  July  and  the  other 
half  on  the  first  day  of  Januaiy  annually. 

Sec.  5.  The  trustees  of  said  institutions  shall  make  an  annual 
report  to  the  governor  of  the  work  done  in  all  departments  of  said 
institutions,  together  with  a  statement  in  detail  of  all  receipts  and 
disbursements,  and  a  statement  of  all  resources  and  liabilities  at 
the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  of  each  institution  re.spectively. 

Sec.  1181.  Senators  to  make  appointments.  Eacli  senator ^*^|' ?l°g^J,'5g^'^_' 1^2 
in  the  general  assembly  shall,  in  each  odd  year,  designate  ancU^^^'""--^^'-^^  ^^^■ 
appoint  one  student  to  each  of  the  institutions  named  in  the  third 
preceding  section;  and  the  scholarship  thus  created  shall  be  for 
a  period  of  two  years.  A  vacancy  in  a  scholarship  shall  be  filled 
by  the  senator  who  made  the  appointment  vacated,  or  by  his 
successor  in  office.  If  a  senator  fails  to  appoint  to  such  scholarship 
before  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  following  the  expiration  of 
the  appointment  made  by  his  predecessor,  after  notice  from  the 
officers  of  such  institution  of  such  expiration  and  vacancy,  the 
officers  of  such  institution  shall  designate  and  appoint  a  student 
to  such  scholanshi]). 

Sec.  1182.    Appointments,  where  made.     Appointments  shall^ggS-^^7h^ 
be  made  from  the  county  represented  by  the  senator  making 
the  appointment,  provided  a  suitable  candidate  shall  apply  there- 
for, otherwise  from  any  part  of  the  state. 

Sec.  1183.  Appointments  to  University  of  Vermont  and  Statey.s-5'873. 
Agricultural  College.  In  making  appointments  to  the  University 
of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural  College,  preference  shall 
be  given  to  candidates  for  the  agricultural  and  indu.strial  depart- 
ment. If,  at  any  time,  there  are  not  thirty  suitable  applicants 
for  such  department,  the  appointment  may  bo  to  any  other 
department  of  such  institution. 

Sec.  1184.     Appointments,  how  made  when  vacancy  in  sena-iaoe,  No.  6i,  5  i- 
torship.     Whenever  there   is   a   vacancy   in   a  senatorship,   the 
other  senator  or  senators  of  the  county  in  which  the  vacancy 
exists,  if  there  is  any  other  .senator  from  such  county,  or,  in  case 
there  is  none,  the  governor,  may  appoint  and  designate  persons 


68  VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE. 

for  scholarships  in  the  University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agri- 
cultural College  and  Middlebury  College,  to  the  same  number 
and  in  the  same  way  that  the  incumbent  of  such  senatorship 
might,  if  there  were  no  vacancy. 

CHAPTER  62. 

NORWICH  UNIVERSITY. 
Military  College  of  the  State  of  Vermont. 

1900, No. 31, 1 1.  Sec.  1185.     Recognized   as;   rank   of  faculty.     Norwich   Uni- 

versity is  hereby  recognized  as  the  Military  College  of  the  State 
of  Vermont;  and  its  faculty  shall  have  local  rank  as  follows: 
assistant  professors,  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant;  professors 
for  the  first  five  years  of  service,  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant,  for 
the  second  five  years,  the  rank  of  captain,  after  ten  years  of  ser- 
vice, the  rank  of  major,  after  twenty  years,  the  rank  of  lieu- 
tenant-colonel, and  the  president  shall  have  the  rank  of  colonel; 
all  without  pay  from  the  state. 

Scholarships. 

1898,  No.  31, 5§  2,  3.     Sec.  1186.     Senators    to    make    appointments.     Each    senator 

V  S  5  871  •  •  • 

1892,  No.  25,  J  1.  in  the  general  assembly  shall,  in  each  odd  year,  designate  and 
appoint  one  student  to  such  institution,  who  shall  be  a  resident 
of  the  county  represented  by  the  senator  making  the  appoint- 
ment, provided  a  suitable  candidate  shall  apply  therefor,  other- 
wise from  any  part  of  the  state;  and  a  scholarship  thus  created 
shall  be  for  a  period  of  two  years.  A  vacancy  in  a  scholarship 
shall  be  filled  by  the  senator  who  made  the  appointment  vacated, 
or  by  his  successor  in  office;  and,  if  a  senator  fails  to  appoint  to  a 
scholarship  before  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  following 
the  expiration  of  the  appointment  made  by  his  predecessor,  after 
notice  from  the  officers  of  such  institution  of  a  vacancy,  such 
officers  shall  designate  and  appoint  a  student  to  such  scholarship. 

i904,No.  52,  §§  1,2,3.  Sec.  1187.  Scholarships  for  four  years.  For  a  period  of 
ten  years,  each  senator  in  the  general  assembly  shall  annually,  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  June,  designate  and  appoint  two  candi- 
dates, residents  of  his  county,  as  a  principal  and  alternate  for  a 
scholarship  covering  tuition  for  four  years  in  such  institution. 
Upon  notification  by  the  president  of  such  institution,  said  i^rin- 
cipal  shall  present  himself  to  the  proper  board  of  such  insti- 
tution for  examination;  and,  in  case  of  his  failure,  his  alternate 
shall  be  likewise  examined;  and,  if,  for  any  reason,  a  senator 
fails  to  designate  and  appoint  a  candidate,  or  if  both  principal 
and  alternate  fail  to  pass  the  required  examinations,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  university  may,  in  his  discretion,  appoint  one  to  fill 
such  vacancy,  the  appointee  to  be  selected  from  properly  quali- 
fied applicants  for  admission,  and  from  the  county  having  the 
vacancy,  if  possible. 


VERMONT  SCHOOL  CODE.  69 

Sec.  1188.  Appointments,  how  made  when  vacancy  in  sena-i906,  No.  6i,  §  i. 
torship.  Whenever  there  is  a  vacancy  in  a  senatorship,  the  other 
senator  or  senators  of  the  county  in  which  the  vacancy  exists, 
if  there  is  any  other  senator  from  such  county,  or,  in  case  there  is 
none,  the  governor,  may  appoint  and  designate  persons  for 
scholarships  in  Norwich  University  to  the  same  number  and 
in  the  same  way  that  the  incumbent  of  such  senatorship  might, 
if  there  were  no  vacancy. 

Appropriations. 

Sec.  1189.    Amounts.     The   auditor   of   accounts   shall   drawn.  i906,  § '1097. 
his  order  in  favor  of  such  institution  for  the  sum  of  six  thou-iS9s!  No.  33,  |  4'."' 
sand  dollars;  of  which  sum,  three  thousand  dollars  .sl-uill  be  pay-1892',  N0..26',  §  1'. 
able  to  the  treasurer  of  such  institution  on  the  first  day  of  July 
and    January,     semi-annually.     Such     appropriation    shall     be 
expended  in  providing  thirt.y  scholarships  to  be  filled  as  hereto- 
fore provided,  and  for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  its  charter; 
and  for  a  period  of  ten  years,  on  the  first  day  of  July  and  Janu- 
ary', the  auditor  of  accounts  shall  also  draw  orders  in  favor  of  the 
treasurer  of  such  institution  for  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred 
dollars,  which  shall  be  applied  to  the  improvement  of  the  depart- 
ment of  engineering  in  the  following  manner:  one-fifth  for  the 
purchase  of  needed  instruments,  appliances  and  apparatus,  and 
four-fifths  to  the  payment  of  the  salaries  of  professors  in  such 
department. 

Sec.  1190.     Accounts.     All  moneys  paid  such  institution  by^- i906j|  i098. 
the  state  treasurer  shall  be  kept  in  a  separate  and  independentis92,No.  26,  §3. 
account. 

Board  of  Visitors. 

Sec.  1191.  Appointment.  The  governor  shall  biennially,  i89s,  No.  33,5  i. 
during  the  session  of  the  general  assembly,  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  senate,  appoint  four  persons,  who,  with  the  super- 
intendent of  education,  shall  constitute  a  board  of  visitors  to 
Norwich  University,  whose  term  of  office  shall  commence  on  the 
first  day  of  December  following  their  appointment  and  continue 
until  their  successors  are  appointed.  The  governor  shall  fill  a 
vacancy  occurring  in  said  board. 

Sec.  1192.  Duties.  Said  board  shall  visit  and  inspect  suchi89S,  No.33,§§2,  3. 
institution  at  such  times  as  it  sees  fit,and  shall  report  the  result  of 
such  inspection  and  the  manner  of  the  expenditure  of  all  moneys 
appropriated  by  the  state  to  such  institution,  to  the  governor, 
who  shall  transmit  the  same  to  the  next  general  assembly.  The 
members  of  said  board,  with  the  exception  of  the  superintendent 
of  education,  shall  each  receive  three  dollars  per  day  and  expenses 
for  time  spent  in  such  service,  not  to  exceed  five  days  in  each  year. 
Such  sum  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  of  such  institution. 


INDEX. 


INDEX 


ABATEMENT,  sec. 

School  district  taxes, 1153,  1154 

ACADEMIES, 

Defined, 1016 

Standard  for,  superintendent  of  educa- 
tion to  establish, 1021 

Statistics  of.  how  returned, 1058 

ACCOUNTS, 
Permanent  school  fund,  audit  and  cer- 
tificate of, 1086 

ACTIONS, 

Directors,   liable   for   unauthorized   pay- 
ments,    991 

Penalties  and  forfeitures  recovered  by, 
{See    Penalties    and    Forfeitures.) 

Public  Money, 

false  statements,  etc.,  as  to, 1 102 

wrongful  distribution  of, 1102 

School  expenses,  false  statement  as  to, . . .  .1102 
Text-books,  nej^lect  of  directors  as  to, . . .  .1107 
United  States  deposit  money,  town's  fail- 
ure to  comply  with  law, 1069 

ADVANCED  INSTRUCTION, 

Age  not  to  deprive  of 1021 

Appeal  to  superintendent  of  education, .  .  .  1021 
Examination  of  pupil  demanding, . .  1018-1020 

High  school  defined, 1016 

Standard  of  liigh  school  cstabUshed  how,  .1021 
Town  clerk  to  furnish  statements  as  to 

pui)ils,  filed  where 1022 

Town  re-imbursed  how, 1023 

Town  to  maintain  high  school,  or  furnish. .  1017 

Examination  of  pupil  for p.  34,  S.  5 

Tuition  to  academy p.  34,  S.  6 

Book  rent ". p.'.34,  S.  7 

Promotion  non-resident  pupil p.  35,  S.  8 

AGE, 

School  age, 1027 

AGRICULTURE, 

State  school  of,    p.  16 

Agreement,     p'.17,  S.  4 

Appropriaton p.  17,  S.  5 

Compensation  of  trustees, p.  16,  S.  3 

Establishment p.  16,  S.  1 

Lease  of  Normal  School,  property, .  .p.  17,  S.  4 

Trustees,  report  of p.  16,  S.  3 

Trustees,  powers  of, p.  16,  S.  2-4 

APPEALS, 

-Vdvaneed  instruction 1021 

Land  for  .school  purposes,  taking; 

proceedings 1111,    111,5 

Scliool  accommodations  and  conveyance 

of  pupils 1007,  1008 


APPORTIONMENT, 

Permanent  school  fund,   1084 

State  school  tax,  on  what  list, ...  1 092 

APPROPRIATIONS, 

Colleges  and  scholarships, 1 178,  1183,  1189 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc.,  for  instruction 

of, 1168,1177 

Directors  to  recommend, 992 

Library  commissioners 1196, 1201 

Pupils,    transportation    and    board    of; 

apportionment, 1014 

Sight  and  hearing,  testing  of , 1164,  1165 

State  teachers'  association,  etc., 919 

Medical  College,     p.   67,   S.  4-5 

ARREST, 

Assistance,  clerical p.  19,  S.  5 

AUDITOR  OF  ACCOUNTS, 

Appropriations,  Accounts,  etc., 

colleges  and  univer.silics, 1178,  1189 

deaf,  dumb,  bhnd,  etc., 117(1,1177 

Libraries, 

commissioners'  expenses, ...  1 196 

establishment, 1200 

traveling  Ubraries, 1201 

permanent    school    fund,    audit    and    certi- 
ficate of, 1086 

pupils,  testing  sight  and  hearing  of, .  1 164,  1 165 
state  teachers'  association, 919 

Superintendent  of  Education, 

accounts  and  .salar,y, 919,  921,  924 

circulars  of  educational  information, . . .  921 
educationalmcctings,  expense  of, . ; .  .  .  .   918 

Normal  school  commissioners,  to  direct 
as  to  bond  of  treasurer  of, 948 

Austin  Institution,    p.  65,  S.  1-2-3-4-5 

BANK  COMMISSIONER, 

Permanent  school  fund,  audit  of;  certifi- 
cate,   1086 

BLIND, 

Instruction  of, 1 100-1 177 

(See  Deaf,  Dumb,  Blind,  etc.,  Instruc- 
tion of.) 

BONDS, 

Normal  school  commissioners,  treasurer 
of, 948 

School  district  collector  and  treasurer; 
vacancy  on  failure, 1128 

Trustees  of  town  funds, 1066 


INDEX. 


BOUNDARIES, 

Incorporated     school     districts,     change 
of, 1142,1143 

CENSUS, 

School,  made  by  whom;  fees, 1000 

CERTIFICATES 

Age  of  candidates  for, 954 

Examinations  for, 959 

First  Grade, 

college  graduates  may  receive,  when. . .  963 

continuation  of, 966 

graduates  of  normal  schools  in  other 

states, 958 

requisites  for;  to  whom  issued;  term, 

958, 962, 963 
special, 969 

Kindergarten  or  primary,  issued  when, . . .  973 

Normal  school  graduates,   provisions  as 
to, 956-958,972 

Notice  by  holder  to  clerk;  contract  void 
without, .■•.••   ^^^ 

Permits,   how  granted;  re-issue;   Umita- 
tion, 974-976 

Required;  contract  void  without, 954 

Revoked  when, 977 

Second  Grade, 

continuation  of, 966 

special, 969 

superintendent   of   union   may   grant; 
limitation, 943 

Third  Grade, 

requisites  for;  to  whom  issued;  term,967,  970 

special, 970 

superintendent    of   union    may    grant, 
when;  limitation, 943 

Unlimited,  issued  when, 971,972 

CHILD  LABOR, 

Law  of, 1044-1050 


CITIES, 

State  school   tax,   order  for,   drawn  by 


mayor. 


1093 


CIVIL  AUTHORITY,  BOARD  OF, 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc.,  returns  as  to, . . .  .1170 
Clerical  assistance, p.  19,  S.  5 

CLERK'OF  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS, 
(See  Directors,  Board  of     Clerk.) 

COLLEGES, 

Appropriations  in  aid  of, 1178,  1 189 

Certificates  to  teach,  to  graduates, 963,  971 

Scholarships;     appointment;     vacancies, 

1181-1183,  1186-1188 

COMMISSIONERS, 

School  purposes,  taking  land  for, 1114,  1115 


COMPLAINTS, 

Child  labor  law,  violation  of, 1050 

Truancy  law,  violation  of, 1037,  1040 

CONSTABLES, 

Truant  officers,  when, 1028 

CONSTRUCTION  OF  STATUTES 

.\cademy, 1016 

Elementary  school, 1013 

High  school 1016 

Legal  pupil 1027 

Legal  school, 1097 

School    tlistricts   in    unorganized    places, 

powers  of, 1127 

School  year,  month,  week,  day, 1024 

Voters  in  school  district  raeLiings, .  .1127,  1139 

CONTRACTS, 

School  teacher's,  void  when, 954, 955 

CONVEYANCE, 

Pupils,     transportation     of;     state    aid, 

1006-1008,1014,1015 

COPIES, 

Certified  by  school  district  clerk;  penalty 
for  neglect, 1129 

CORPORATIONS, 

Incorporated  schorl  districts, 1139-1146 

(See  School  Districts      Incorporated.) 

Libraries,    trustees   of   may  incorporate, 

1205-1210 
(See  Libraries.) 

School  districts  in  unorganized  places  are 
corporations, 1121 

COSTS, 

Lands   for  school   purposes,   proceedings 
to  take, 1115 

COUNTY  CLERKS, 

Deaf,  dumb,  Wind,  etc.,  returns  as  to, 1 172 

Records, 

Ubrary,  certificate  of  incorp.    of     un- 
organized towns, 1206 

lands  taken  for  school  piirposes, 1112 

school  meetings, 1 120 

COUNTY  COURTS, 
Jurisdiction, 

child  labor  law, 1049 

school  purposes,  land  taken  for, 

1114,1115 
truancy, 1043 

COURSES  OF  STUDY, 

Prepared  and  distributed  by   superinten- 
dent of  education, 923,  924 

CRIMES  AND  OFFENSES, 

Appropriation,  failure  of  town  to  make, ...  1 103 

Attendance,  offenses  relating  to, 1043 

Fire  drills,  teacher  neglecting, 1161 

Officer  faiUng  to  pass  over  books,  etc.,  to 
successor, 1131 


INDEX. 


CRIMES  AHD  OFFENSES,  Continued. 

Overseer  of  the  poor,  neglect  of  duty  by, . .  1042 
Parent,    etc.,    allowing    employment    of 
children    in    mills,    etc.,    unlawfully, 

1047, 1048 
Parent,  etc.,  refusing  to  give  information 

to  clerk, 1001 

School  money,  faihng  to  comply  with  law 

as  to ;  indictment, 1069,  1 103 

Text-books,    receiving    pay    for    recom- 
mending,   1109 

Truancy  or  disobedience, 1041 

Truant  officer  neglecting  duty, 1042 

U.  S.  deposit  money,  faihng  to  comply 
with  law  as  to;  indictment, 1069, 1070 

CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE, 
Truant,  proceedings  against . .  1034,  1037, 1040 

DAMAGES, 

Actions  for, 

directors  liable  for  unauthorized  pay- 
ments,     991 

text-books,  loss  of, 1 107 

text-beoks,  neglect  of  directors  as  to, . .  .  1 107 
Land  damages;  school  purposes,  land  taken 

for,. 1110-1117 

DAY, 

School,  defined, 1024 

DEAF,   DUMB,   BLIND,    ETC.,   INSTRUC- 
TION OF, 

Appropriation  for 1168,  1177 

Care  of,  after  discharge  from  institution, .  .  1 177 

Commissioner, 

governor  to  be;  duties,1166,  1167,  1172,  1175 

1177 

report;  compensation, 1167 

Education  within  state,  when, 1175,  1176 

Expenses,  town  to  defray,  when, 1 174 

Indemnity  bond  executed  by  selectmen, . .  1 173 
Information    as    to,    by    board    of    civil 

authority, 1170 

Returns  as  to, 1170,  1171 

Schools  where  educated, 1 169 

DEDUCTIONS, 

School  district  tax, 1151, 1152 

DEEDS, 

Town  school  fund,  security  for,  who  may 
take  acknowledgment, 1089 


DEPUTY  SHERIFFS, 
Truant  officer,  duties  as, . 


.1028 


DIRECTORS,  BOARD  OF, 

Appropriations,  recommendations  as  to, . .   992 

1037, 1040 
Attendance  at  school,  excuses  from,  1029,  1030 
Chairman,  election  of, 989 


DIRECTORS,  BOARD  OF,  Continued. 

Clerk, 

appointment;  compensation ;  duties,997, 999, 

1000,  1002 
census  of  cliildren  and  parents  made  by; 

fees, " .  1000 

directors  to  perform  duties,  when 998 

false    statements    or    certificates    by; 

penalty, 1056 

list  of  children  furnished  teachers  by, ...  1031 
parent    giving    false    information    to; 

penalty 1001 

records    kept    by;    statement    as    to 
teachers, 999 

Registers, 
answering   interrogatories    in;    certifi- 
cate; filing;  penalty, 1055, 1056 

exansination ;  certificate, 10-54 

furnished  teachers  by, 1053 

procuring;  responsibility  for, 1002 

Compensation;  auditing  of  accounts, 996 

Constitution;  election;  terra  of  office, 987 

Duties, 990 

Elected  by  ballot,  when, 985 

Election ;  term ;  women  may  bo, 986,  987 

Evening    schools,    admission    to,    regu- 
lated by, 1010 

False    certficate    as    to    school    moneys; 

penalty, 1162 

Fire  drill  law,  duties  as  to 1 162 

Higher  instruction  furnished  by,  how, 1017 

Kindergartens,      may  establish, 1009 

Land  for  School  Purposes, 

damages,     question    of,     referred    by 
agreement 1113 

duties  on  disagreement  as  to  price, 1110 

Liability  for  a  payment  not  authorized 

bylaw, 991 

Location  of  schools  by;  appeal, 1006-1008 

Normal     school     practice     departments, 

powers  as  to, 951 

Oath, 989 

Orders  by,  paid  by  town  treasurer, 1062 

Perform  duties  of  clerk,  when, 998 

Pupils,  Conveyance  and  Board  of, 

directors  may  provide;  appeal, . . .  1006-1008 

state  aid,  obtained  how, 1015 

Pupils,  non-resident,  received  by;  tuition, 

1011,1012 

Report  of 994 

Return  of  expenditures  to  town  clerk 995 

School  houses  and  sites,  powers  as  to, 993 

School  houses,  location  and  construction 

of,  under  control  of, 983 

Special  instruction  provided  by, 1004 

Text-books  and  Supplies, 

furnished  by ;  rules, 1 105,  1 106 

lost,  etc.,  to  give  notice  to  selectmen; 

penalty, 1107 

selection   by,    taking   pay  for  recom- 
mending prohibited, 1 108, 1 109 

Town  Superintendent, 

appointment;  pay;  filing  certificate, 931 

duties  directed  by  directors, 934 

removal ;  vacancy, 932 


INDEX. 


DIRECTORS,  BOARD  OF,  Continued. 

Truant  officers  appointed  by 1028 

Union  for  expert  supervision,  powers  as 

to ; 938-944 

Vacancy,  how  filled ;  record, 988 

DISCOUNT, 

School  district  taxes, 1151,  1152 

DISTRIBUTION, 

Permanent  school  fund, 1084 

State  school  tax, 1095, 1096, 1098-1 100 

DISTRICTS, 

School, 1118-1146 

(See  School  Districts.) 

DRAWING, 

Directors  may  provide  instruction  in, 1004 

DUMB, 

Instruction  of, 1166-1177 

(See  Deaf,  Dumb,  Blind,  etc..  Instruc- 
tion of.) 

EDUCATIONAL  MEETINGS, 

Holding  of;  expense, •. .  •  ■   918 

ELECTIONS, 

School  Officers, 

directors, 985,  987 

school  district  officers, 1122, 1123 

women  may  vote  and  hold  office, 986 

Voters, 

in  incorporated  school  districts,  not  to 

vote  on  towTi  school  questions, 980 

women  may  vote  on  school  matters, ....   986 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOLS, 

Courses   of  study,   prepared  and   distri- 
buted how, 923,924 

Defined 1013 

State  aid  for  transporting  pupils, . .  .1014,  1015 

EMINENT  DOMAIN, 

School  purposes,  taking  lands  for,  .  .1110-1117 

EPILEPTICS, 

Instruction  of, 1166-1177 

EVENING  SCHOOOS, 

Establishment;  attendance, 1010 


EVIDENCE, 

Certified  copies,  school  district  clerk  to 
sive 


1129 


EXAMINERS  OF  TEACHERS, 

'    Advanced  instruction,  duties  as  to  exami- 

I        tion  of  pupil  demanding, 1019,  1020 

'    ADPeals   to,   from   action   of   school   di- 

r   t  rectors 1007,1008 


EXAMINERS  OF  TEACHERS,  Continued. 
Certificates, 

age  of  candidates  for, 954 

examinations  for, 959 

First  Grade, 

college  graduates  may  receive,  when, . . .  963 

continuation  of, 966 

graduates  of  normal  schools  in  other 

states, 958 

requisites  for;  to  whom  issued; 

term, 958,  962,  963. 

special, 969 

kindergarten  or  primary,  i-ssued  when, ....  973 
normal   schbol   graduates,   provisions  as 

to, 956-958,  972 

notice  by  holder  to  clerk;  contract  void 

without, .■■.•••  ^^^ 

permits,   how   granted;   re-issue;   limita- 
tion  ..974-976 

Certificates, 

required ;  contract  void  without, 954 

revoked  when, 977 

First  grade p.  19,  S.  4 

Second  Grade, 

continuation  of, 966 

special, 969 

Third  Grade, 

requisites  for;  to  whom  issued;  term,967,  970 

special 970 

unlimited,  issued  when, 971,  972 


Examinations, 

time  and  place;  record, 959 

Fees  and  expenses  of . .  .■ p.  18,  S.  2 

Meetings  for;  pay  for  attending, 927 

Permits  to  teach  issued  by,  when;  limita- 
tion; revocation;  term, 974-977 

Summer  school  for  teachers,  may  hold, 

when;  length;  expense;  compensation, . .   917 
Superintendent  of  union  may  act  as  ex- 
aminer, when, 943 

Text-books,    receiving    pay    for    recom- 
mending; penalty 1109 

Supplementary .p.  18,  S.  3 


EXECUTIONS, 

Land  for  school  purposes,  costs  on  pro- 

w  ceedings  to  take, 1115 

School  district  taxes  assessed  to  pay, 1155 

EXPERT  SUPERVISION, 

Union  of  towns  for 938-944 

(See  Superintendents  of  School  Unions.) 

FACTORIES, 

Children,  employment  in,  restricted,  1044,  1046 


INDEX. 


5 


FEEBLE-MINDED  PERSONS, 

Instruction  of, 


.1166-1177 


FEES, 

Clerk  of  school  directors, 997, 1000 

Exanuners  of  teachers, 917 

Norwich  University,  board  of  visitors  to,.  1192 

School  directors, 996 

Town  clerks,  for  school  returns, 1059 

Town  superintendent  of  schools, 931,  937 

Truant  officers,  compensation, 1039 

Trustees  of  permanent  school  fund  paid 
expenses  only, 1076 

FIRE  DRILLS, 

Law  to  be  printed  in  manual, 1 162 

Teachers'  duties  as  to;  fine, 1 160,  1 161 


FLAGS, 

When  and  where  displayed . 


.p,  28 


FORMS, 
Complaints, 

cliild  labor  law, 10.50 

truancy  law, 1040 

School  registers, 10.51 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY, 

Superintendent  of  education  elected  by, . .  914 

GOVERNOR, 

Appointments  by, 

hbrary   commissioners;   chairman;   va- 
cancies,   1193 

normal  school  commissioners, 946,  947 

Norwich  University,  visitors  for 1191 

scholarships  in  state  colleges  filled  by, 
when, 1184,1188 

Deaf,    dumb,    bUnd,    etc.,    commissioner    of; 
duties, 1166,  1167,  1172,  1175-1177 

Normal     school     commissioners,     duties 
as  to  bond  of  treasurer  of, 948 

Permanent  school  fund;  one  of  trustees  of; 
duties, 107.3-1086 

Pupils,  transportation,  etc.,  of,  duties  as 
to  dividing  appropriations  for, 1014 

State  school  tax,  member  of  board  to  dis- 
tribute,  1093 

Vacancies  Filled  by, 

hbrary  commis.sioners, 1196 

normal  .school  commissioners, 946 

superintendent  of  education, 914 

trustees  of  permanent  school  fund,  ....  1077 
Grammar  school  lands p.  35,  S.  1 

GRAND  ISLE  COUNTY, 

Expert  supervision,  provisions  as  to, 944 


GRAND  JURY, 
Townslndictable, 

schools,  neglect  to  expend  money  for, . .  1 103 
United  States  deposit  money,  neglect 

asto, "1"0 

GUARDIANS, 

Clerk  of  school  directors,  refusing  infor- 
mation to;  penalt}', 1001 

Text-books,  lost,  payment  for, 1 107 

Truancy  law, " 1029-1043 


HIGH  SCHOOLS.      . 

Appropria  t  ion  for, , 


.  1023 


Courses  of  study , 

defined, 1016 

requisite   for   admission    to,    prepared 

and  is.sued  how, 923,  924 

superintendent    of   education    to    pre- 
pare printing, 923,  1016 

Defined,    1016 

Higher    instruction,     statement    as    to; 

where  filed;  re-imbursement, 1022,  1023 

QuaUfications  of  pupils, 1018-1020 

Superintendent  of  education  to  establish 

standard  for, •  ■  1021 

Towns  to  maintain  or  furnish  higher  in- 
struction; examinations,  1017-1020 

HOLIDAYS, 

Teachers  not  required  to  teach  on, 1026 


HUNTINGTON  FUND, 

Permanent  srlmiil  fund,  \y.\vt  of. 


.1072, 1078 


GRAND  JUROR  S,  TOWN, 

Truant  law,  pro.sccntions  inidcr. 


.  10.34 


IDIOTS, 

Instruction  of, 1166-1174,1177. 

(See    Deaf,    Dumb,    Blind,    etc.,    Instruc- 
tion of.) 

INDICTMENTS, 

Against  Towns, 

schools,  failing  to  appropriate  for,  etc., .  1 103 
U.  S.  deposit  money,  violation  of  law  as 

to;  notice, ^ 1070 

INDUSTRIAL  ARTS  AND  SCIENCES, 

Instruction     in,     school     directors     may 
provide, 1004 

INTOXICATING  LIQUOR, 

Instruction   concerning   intoxicants   and 
narcotics, 1003 

JURY,  GRAND, 
{See  Grand  Jury.) 

JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE,' 

Jurisdiction, 

child  labor  law, 1049 

truancy 1043 

Warrants  for  school  district  tax  is.<!ued  by,  1 149 


INDEX. 


KINDERGARTENS, 

Certificate  for 973 

Established  when, 1009 

School  age  limit  not  to  apply, 1027 

LABOR, 

Child  labor,  law  of, 10«-1050 

LAND  FOR  SCHOOL  PURPOSES, 

Appeal  to  county  court;  commissioners; 

proceedings;  report, 1114,  1115 

Damages,  question  of,  referred  by  agree- 
ment,  1113 

Eminent   domain,   taking  by;   damages, 

how  assessed, 1110 

Mortgaged  lands,  damages  how  awarded 

and  paid.. 1116 

Record     of     condemnation     proceedings 

kept,  where, 1112 

Removal    of   buildings,    etc.,    by    owner, 

time  for, 1111 

Selectmen's  duties  as  to, 1087,  1088 

Title   to   vest   on   payment   of   damages 

finally  awarded, 1117 

Grammar  school  lands, p.  35,  S.  1 

LEGAL  HOLIDAYS, 

Teachers  not  required  to  teach  on, 1026 

LEGAL  SCHOOL, 

Construction  of, 1097 

LIBRARIES, 
Commissioners, 

appointment;   term;   vacancies;   chair- 
man,  1193 

compensation;  expenses;  secretary, 1196 

duties    as    to    established    free    public 

libraries, 1 194 

duties     in     establishing     free     public 

hbraries;  state  aid, 1195,  1200 

report, 1 194 

rules  for  care  of  libraries,  etc., 1 197 

Traveling  Libraries, 

appropriation  for, 1201 

control  of, 1202 

Entitled  to  certain  documents, 1218-1220 

Establishment, 

appropriation  by  town  for, 119S 

certification  of  fulfillment  of  provisions; 

order, 1200 

trustees,  appointment  instructions, . . .  .1199 

Incorporated, 

artic'es;  original  trustees, 1205 

certificate  issued;  record, 1206 

Incorporated, 

incorporation  granted,  when, 1204 

powers  and  duties  of;  will,  deed,  etc., 

part  of  organic  law  of, 1207 

reports  of  officers, 1210 

taxation,  exempt  from,  when, 1209 

Trustees, 

articles  of  incorporation  filed  by, 1205 

incorporation  granted,  when, 1204 


LIBRARIES,   Continued. 

powers  and  duties  of;  vacancies, 1208 

reports  of, 1210 

union  of  two, 1217 

Town  and  Village  Libraries, 

appropriations;  bequests, 1212 

entitled  to  certain  documents, ....  1218-1220 

establishment;  maintenance, 1217 

moneys,  how  paid  out, 1216 

trustees;   election;    term;    powers; 

reports, 121.3-1215 

Traveling  Libraries, 

appropriation  for, 1201 

commissioners  to  control, 1202 

rules  as  to, 1202 

use  of, 1203 

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, 

Permanent  school  fund,   one  of  trustees 
of;  duties, 1073-1086 

MAINTENANCE  OF  SCHOOLS, 

Number  of  weeks  required ;  studies, 1003 

MANUAL  TRAINING, 

Directors  may  provide  for, 1004 

Establishment  of  courses p.  23 

Industrial  school  for  a  group  of  towns, ....  p.  24 

MEDICAL  INSPECTION,  p.  23, 

Medical  inspectors,  appointment  of .  .p.  26,  S.  1 
Physical  examination  of  pupils  in  public 

schools p.  26,  S.  2 

Physical  examination  of  pupils  in  private 
schools p.  26,  S.  3 

MEDICAL  SCHOOLS, 

Appropriation  for, p.  67,  S.  4 

Report  by  tru.stees p.  67,  S.  5 

MEETINGS. 

{See  School  Meetings.) 


MEMORIAL  DAY, 

School  exercises, 


.1005 


MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE, 

Appropriation;  expenditure, 1178,  1180 

Scholar.ships  in  appointments, 1181,  1182 

1184 

MILITARY  COLLEGE, 1 185-1 192 

(See  Norwich  University.) 

MILLS, 

Children,     employment     in,     restricted, 

1044,  1046 

MODERATORS, 

School  district  meetings, 1119,  1126,  1135 

MONEY, 

School,  division  of, 1098-1102 

{See  also  School  Money.) 
United  States  deposit, . . .  106.5-1071,  1079-1083 

MONTH, 

School,  defined, 1024 


INDEX. 


MORTGAGES, 

School   purposes,    land    taken   for    when 
subject  to  mortgages;  proceedings, 1116 

MUNICIPAL  CORPORATIONS, 

School  districts, 97S,  1121,  1139-1146 

MUNICIPAL  COURTS, 
Jurisdiction, 

cWld  labor  law, 1049 

truancy, 1043 

MUSIC, 

Instruction  in,  directors  may  provide, 1004 

NARCOTICS, 

Instruction  concerning, 1003 


NEGLIGENCE, 

School  directors',  as  to  text  books, 1 107 

NORMAL  SCHOOLS, 

Admission  to;  requirements;  tuition, 953 

Appropriations .  p.  13,  S.  3-6 

Certificate  from,  license  to  teach.. 956-958 

Dormitory  Construction   of  at  Johnson, 

p.l3,S.l 

Expenses, p.  14,  S.  9 

Purchase  of  property  at  Castleton,  ....     p.  3 

..    S.  5-7 

Standard  of  schools, p.  13,  S.  2 

Support, pp.  14,  15,  S.  8-10 

Commissioners,  Board  of, 

admission,  duties  and  powers  as  to, 953 

appointment;  term  of  office;  vacancies, 

940,  947 

duties  and  powers, 949,  951 

meetings ;  officers  of, 948 

practice   departments   established   by; 

maintenance, 951 

reports  of, 949 

resident  commissioners, 947 

superintendent    of    education    to    act 

with 949,951 

treasurer;  duties  of;  bond, 948,  950 

Continuance;  situation, 945 

Graduate    of    lower    course    may    take 

additional  examination,  when, 957 

Practice  departments, 951 

Tuition  free,  when, 953 

NORWICH  UNIVERSITY, 
Appropriations;   expenditure;   kept   sep- 
arate,  1189,1190 

Board  of  Visitors, 

appointment;    term    of    office;    vacan- 
cies,  1191 

duties;  compensation,' 1192 

report, 1 192 

MiUtary  college;  rank  of  instructors, 1185 

Scholarsliips,  appointments  to 1186-1188 

NOTICE, 

Boundaries  of  school  districts  changed, ...  1 143 

County  examiners,  hearings  before, lUDS 

School  district  meetings, .  .1119,  1134 

School   purposes,   selectmen  taking  lantl 

for;  hearing  by  commissioners,. .  .1110,  1115 
Testing    sight    and    hearing    of    pupils, 

parents  notified, 1164 

Text-books  lost  or  destroyed 1 107 

Truancy  law, 1032, 1033,  1035, 


OATHS, 
School  directors  to  be  sworn, 989 

OFFENSES, 

(See  Crimes  and  Offenses.) 

ORDERS, 

State, 

(See  Auditor  of  Accounts.) 

Town, 

free  public  Ubrary,  appropriation  for, . .  .1198 
school  directors  may  draw;  how  paid, 

990,  1062 
school  directors  to  draw  for  expense 

of  expert  supervision, 942 

state  school  tax, 1093 

OVERSEERS  OF  THE  POOR, 

Clothing  child  for  school  attendance; 
penalty  for  neglect, 1035,  1042 

PARENTS, 

Children  to  attend  school,  when;  pen- 
alty,   1029, 1030, 1043 

Clerk  of  school  directors,  refu.sing  infor- 
mation to;  penalty, 1001 

Employment  of  children  contrary  to  law; 
penalty;  jurisdiction;  complaint,.  1047-1050 

Neglect  to  cause  cliild  to  attend  school; 
complaint;  jurisdiction,. . .  .1037,  1040,  1043 

Text-books  lost,  responsible  for,  when,. .  .1107 

Unable  to  clothe  child,  overseer  may, 1035 

PAUPERS, 

School  district  taxes,  abatement  of, 1 153 

PENALTIES  AND  FORFEITURES, 
(See  also  Crimes  and  Offenses. 

Clerk  of  board  of  directors,  false  state- 
ments or' ertificates  by, 1056 

District  clerk  neglecting  duty 1 1 29 

District  collector,  neglecting  duty, 1 150 

District  meetings,  neglect  to  warm, 1 130 

Fal.^e  statemetits  as  to  school  money;  un- 
lawful distribution, 1 102 

Town  failing  to  comply  with  law  as  to 
.school  money, 1069 

PENSIONS, 

EUgibiUtv, p.  28,  S.  2 

How  voted p.  29,  S.  4 

Maximum  amoun  t, p.  29,  S.  3 

PERMANENT  SCHOOL  FUND,  1072-1086 

(See  School  Money  Permanent  School 

Fund.) 

PERMITS, 

Date, 076 

Issue  of, ;  ■   974 

Notice  by  holder  to  clerk;  contract  void 

without, ; 955 

Number  of  terms  taught  under,  limited;  .  976 


INDEX. 


PHYSICAL  CULTURE, 

Instruction     in,     school     directors     may 
provide, 1004 

POLICE  OFFICERS, 

Truant  officers,  when, . .  102S 

PROCESS,  SERVICE  OF, 

Lands  taken  for  school  purposes,  appeal 
to  county  court, 1114 

PUBLIC  HEALTH, 

Sight   and   hearing    of    pupil,    duties   of 
state  board  as  to, 1163, 1165 

PUBLIC  LIBRARIES, 1 193-1220 

()See  Libraries.) 

PUBLIC  MONEY, 

Di\-i^ion  of, 1098-1102 

(jSee  School  Money. ) 

PUPILS, 

Accommodation  of;  appeals, 1007,  1008 

Advanced  instruction, 1016-1023 

Attendance  required,  when, 1029-1030 

Board  For, 

directors  may  pay,  when, 1006 

state  aid  for;  apportionment, 1014,  101.5 

Clothing  furnished  when, 1035 

Conveyance  of, 

directors  may  provide;  appeal, . . .  1006-lOOS 

state  aid  for;  apportionment, 1014,  1015 

Defined, 1027 

Directors  to  designate  school  to  attend, . .  .   990 
Employment  of,  in  mills,  etc.,  restricted. . .  1044 

1046 

FiredriUs, 1160 

Legal  pupil  defined, 1027 

list   of  children   required  to  attend   fur- 
nished teachers, 1031 

Non-Attendance,  ^ 

arrest  for;  notice;  complaint, 1037 

1040 

teacher  to  give  notice  to  truant  officer  of,  1032 

Non-resident;  tuition  paid  to  school  fund, .  1011 

1012 

Parent,  etc., 

attendance  of  scholars,   duties  as  to; 

penalty, 1029,  1030, 1034,  1035 

employment    of   children    contrary    to 
law;  fine;  jurisdiction, 1037, 1040, 1043 

Sight  and  Hearing, 

appropriation  for  testing, 1 165 

test  cards,  etc.,  to  be  furnished, 1163 

testing  of;  reports, 1163, 1164 

Studies  required, 1003 

Text-books,  etc.,  liability  for  loss  or  de- 
struction of, 1 107 

Town  superintendent's  powers  and  duties 
under  child  labor  law, 1044, 1045 

Truancy  or  disobedience;  penalty;  juris- 
diction,  1041, 1043 

Unorganized  places;  tuition  and  transpor- 
tation,  1138 


REAL  ESTATE, 

Scliool  pm'poses,  taldng  for,  by  eminent 
domain, : "  .  .1110-1117 

RECORDS, 

Clerk  of  board  of  school  directors, 999 

District  clerks;  copies;  penalty, 1129, 1139 

District,  to  be  preserved, 97S 

Districts  in  vmorganized  places,  organiza- 
tion of, 1120 

Warnings  of  school  district  meetings, 1133 

REGISTERS, 

Clerk  of  Board  of  Directors, 

answers  to  interrogatories;  certificate; 

filing;  penalty, 1055, 1056 

examination;  certificate, 1054 

furnished  teachers, 1053 

procuring;  responsibiUty  for, 1002 

Contents, 10.53 

Examination ;  certificate, 1054 

Form  of,  by  whom  prescribed, 1051 

Statistics,  town  clerk  to  make  up  from, 

fees, 1057, 1059 

Teachers'  duties  as  to, 1053 

Transmission  to  town  clerks, 1052 

REPORTS. 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc.,  commissioner  of,  .1167 

Library  commissioners, 1194 

Normal  school  commissioners 949 

Norwich  University,  bo.ard  of  visitors  to,.  1192 

Permanent  school  fund,  trustees  of, 1085 

Superintendent  of  education, 920 

Town  Officers, 

clerk  of  school  directors, 1000 

hbrary  trustees., 1215 

school  directors  and  clerk, 994,  1000 

superintendent  of  schools;  expense, 937 

treasurer,  as  to  school  funds, 1064 

Trustees  of  public  money, 1067 

Trustees  of  incorporated    Ubraries,     to 
governor, 1210 

RETURNS, 

Deaf,  dumb,  bhnd,  etc., 1170, 1171 

School  directors,  of  expenditures, 995 

REVOCATION, 

Teachers'  certificates, 977 

RULES, 

PubUc  and  traveling  hbraries,   commis- 
sioners to  make  rules  for, 1 197, 1202 

SALARIES, 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc.,  commissioner  of,  .1167 
Examiners  of  teachers  for  summer  schools,  917 
Superintendents  of  school  unions, 940, 941 

SCHOLARSHIPS  IN  COLLEGES, 

Appointment;  vacancies, llSl-1184, 

1186-1188 

SCHOOL  DIRECTORS, 

(See  Directors,  Board  of.) 


INDEX. 


9 


SCHOOL  DISTRICTS, 

Clerks,  false  statements  or  certificates 
by;  penalty, 1056 

Collectors,  duties  as  to  taxes;  forfeit- 
ure,  1149-1152 

Incorporated, 

boundaries,   change   of,    how   affected, 

1142,1143 
clerk  to  notify  town  clerk  of  election; 

penalty, 1 140 

laws  applicable  to 1139 

officers'  powers,  duties,  etc.,  same  as  in 

unorganized  places, 1139 

returns  by  principals, 1058 

returns  by  prudential  committee;  for- 
feiture,  _. 1100 

school   money,   division   between,   and 

town  districts, 1098,  1099 

town  collector  may  be  collector,  when,  ..1141 

union  for  expert  supervision, 938 

union  with  town  district ;  provisions  as 

to, 1144-1146 

voters  in,  not  to  vote  in  town  meeting 

on  school  matters, 980 

Lands,   etc.,  special  committee  for  pur- 
chase of, 1157 

Merger  of  town  and  incorporated  dis- 
trict,  1144-1146 

Prudential  Committee, 

assessment  and  collection  of  taxes, 11 40 

1155 

false  statements  by;  penalty, 1102 

School  houses,  location  of, 1 158,  1 1.59 

Taxation, 
abatement  of  taxes, 1153,  11.54 

Assessment, 

execution,  to  pay, 1 155 

generally;    warrant;     collection;    pay- 
ment,  1149 

prudential      committee      to      assess 

when  voted 1 149 

purchase  of  land,  etc. 1156 

collection;  forfeiture, 1149,  11.50 

deductions  from, 1151,  11.52 

grand  list  for, 1 147 

raising  of  tax, 1 148 

Unorganized  Places, 

Clerks, 

meetings  warned  by;  penalty, .  .  .  .1134,  1136 
records     kept     by;     certified    copies; 

penalty, ._ 1129 

collector  or  treasurer  to  give  bond;  va- 
cancy on  failure, 11 28 

commissioners'  authority, 1 138 

corporate  powers, 1121 

laws  of  town  district  apply  how  far, .  1 127,  1 128 
meetings;   warnings   for;   record;   voters; 

penalty, 1132-1136 

moderator  to  preside  at  meetings, 1126 

Officers, 

book.s,    etc.,    delivered    to    successor; 
penalty 1131 


SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  Continued. 

duties,  etc.,  generally, 1128 

election;  terms 1122,  1123 

vacancies,  how  filled, 1 123,  1 130 

organization;  meetings;  record, 1118-1120 

prudential  committee,  election;  number; 
term;  vacancies, 1123-1125 

Unorganized  Places, 

public  money;  entitled  to,  when, 1137 

returns   to   superintendent;   failure   to 

make, 1100 

tuition  and  transportation,  tax  assessed 

for,  when, 1 138 

voters,  eligibility  of;  how  determined, . .  1 135 

SCHOOL  HOUSES  AND  PROPERTY, 

Care  of,  vested  in  whom, 982,  990 

Directors'  duties  as  to, 990,  993 

District  may  elect  committee  to  buy,  etc.,  1 157 
Location    of    school    house    determined 

how,... 1158,1159 

Money  for  purchase,  raised  by  town, 984 

Taking  lands  for  school  purposes, ...  1 1 10-1 117 

Tax  raised  to  buy,  hire,  etc., 1156 

Town  superintendent's  duties  as  to, 935 

Town    to    provide    and    maintain;    con- 
struction,     983 

SCHOOL  MEETINGS, 

Incorporated  School  Districts, 

change  of  boundaries,  meetings  to  vote 

on, ...1143 

merger   with   town    district,    meetings 

to  vote  on, 1 144,  1 145 

what  laws  apply, 1 139 

Taxes,  provisions  as  to  raising,  1148,  1151,  1156 

Town  Districts, 
annual  meetings,  special  provision  as 

to, 981 

appropriations  made  by, 1061 

change  of  boundaries  of  incorporated 
districts,  meetings  to  vote  on 1143 

Directors. 

appropriations  recommended, 992 

compensation  fixed, 996 

elected  by  separate  ballot,  when, 985 

election ;  number;  term, 987 

report, 994 

merger     with    incorporated     districts, 
meetinffs  to  vote  on 1145 

Town  superintendent's  report, 937 

Unorganized  Towns  and  Gores, 

annual  meetings, 1 1.3'2-1 136 

meetings  for  organization, 1118-1126 

record, 1 1 29 

what  laws  apply, 1 127 

Voters,  provisions  as  to, .  .  .  980,  986,  1 127,  1 135 

11.39 
(See  Voters.) 

SCHOOL  MONEY. 

.•Appropriation  required  of  town 1061 

Division  of,  between  town  and  incorporated 
district, 1098, 1099 


10 


INDEX. 


SCHOOL  MONEY,  Contiuued. 

Expert  supervision,  expense  of, 941 

False    distribution    of,    to    incorporated 

district;  penalty, 1102 

False  statements  as  to;  penalty, 1102 

Grand  juries  to  inquire  as  to  expenditure,   1 103 
Huntington  fund,  provisions  as  to, . .  1072,  1078 

Legal  school  defined, 1097 

Paid  out  on  ofders  of  directors, 1062 

Permanent  School  Fund, 

audit  of;  certificate, 1086 

committee  on  finance;  election;  duties,  .1074 

1075 

composition  of, 1072 

distribution  among  towns  and  districts,  1084 
gifts,  bequests,  etc.,  trustees  may  re- 
ceive,   1073 

income  only  to  be  used, 1084 

investments;  examination  of  securities.  1073 

1075,  1086 
liability  of  trustees  to  U.  S.  for  deposit 

money, : 1083 

organization  and  meetings  of  trustees, . .  1074 

report  as  to, 1085 

secretary ;  election;  duties, 1074,  1077 

town  treasurer  to  credit  income, 1063 

town  treasurer  to  report  annually  as  to 

income, 1064 

trustees  of,  who  are;  duties,  etc., . .  1073-1086 

trustees  paid  expenses  only, 1076 

U.  S.  deposit  money,  provisions  as  to, . .  1079 

1083 

vacancies  in  board  or  officers, 1077 

Selectmen  to  file  statement, 1101 

State  School  Tax, 

apportionment  of, 1092 

assessment;  rate, 1091 

distribution  of;  lioard  for, 1095,  1096 

grand  juries  to  inquire  as  to  expenditure!  103 

legal  school  defined, 1097 

payment  of, 1093 

statement  of  number  of  schools  to  be 

filed :  forfeiture, 1094 

town  superintendent  to  inquire  as  to 

expenditure, 1 104 

Statement  of  expenditures, 995 

Town  School  Fund, 

real   estate,   lease   and   sale   of;   deed, 

acknowledgement  of, lOSS,  10S9 

securities  and  moneys  belongiag  to, 
paid  town  treasiu-er;  separate  ac- 
count,  1090 

selectmen,  duties  as  to, 1087,  1088 

Town  superintendent,  duties  as  to, 1 104 

Town  treasurers  toreportannuallyasto,10G4 

Trustees  of  Public  Money, 

bond  of;  faili.iv  to  execute;  vacancy, . .  .1066 

duties;  report, 1067 

U.  S.  deposit  monev,  collection  and  pay- 
■  ment  to  state;  failure, 1080-1082 

United  States  Deposit  Money, 

failure  of   town   to  comply   with  law; 

penalty, 1069 

grand  jury  to  inquire  as  to;  indictment, .  1070 


SCHOOL  MONEY,  Continued. 

permanent  school  fund,  part  of, 1072 

1079-1083 
{See    sub-head     Permanent     School 
Fund.) 

received  by  state  treasurer;  certificate 
of  deposit, 1065 

settlement  with  towns  by  state  treas- 
urer, how  made, 1071 

towns    liable   to    return    to    treasurer, 
when, 1068 

trustees  of  pubhc  money  to  manage; 
report, 1067 

SECRETARY  OF  STATE, 

Certificate  of  incorporation  of  library, ....  1206 

Secret  Societies,  p.  24 

No  debarment  from  joining  certain  so- 
cieties  

Penalty, 

Pupils  debarred, 

School  officials  to  enforce  law, 

SECURITIES, 

Permanent  school  fund, 1073,  1075,  1086 

Tow^l  school  fund, 1087-1090 

SELECTMEN, 

Bonds  of  trustees  of  public  funds  ap- 
proved by, 1066 

Deaf,  Dumb,  Blind,  etc., 

certificate  as  to, 1176 

indemnity  bond  executed  by;  duties, . .  .1173 

1174 
Directors,  vacancy  in  board  of,  filled  by; 

record, 988 

Incorporated  school  district  boundaries, 

change  of,  duties, 1 143 

Land  for  School  Purposes, 

assessment  of  damages  for 1110 

record  of  proceedings  kept  where, 1112 

removal  of  buildings  on, 1111 

Libraries, 

a.gent  for,  appointed  by,  when 1216 

establisliment    of;    orders    drawn    an- 
nually,       1198 

Presiding  officers  at  meetings  of  school 
district,  when, 979 

School   districts   in    unorganized    places, 

duties  as  to ;  record ;  compensation 1118 

1 120 

School  houses,  location  determined  by, 
when, 1159 

School  Money, 

di\ision   between   town  and  incorpor- 
ated  district, 1098 

false  distribution  of;  penalty, 1102 

statement  as  to,  filed  by, 1101 

School  property,  duties  as  to, 982 

School  tax,  assessment  of, 1061 

State  school  tax,  order  drawn  by, 1093 

Taxes  for  school  purposes  assessed  by, . .  1061 

Text-books,  recovery  for  loss  of, 1107 

Town  .school  funds,  duties  as  to, . .  1087,  1088 
Trustees  of  pubhc  money,  bond  fixed  by, 1066 


INDEX. 


11 


SENATE 

Norwich     University,     appointment     of 
\'isitors  to,  confirmed, 1191 

SENATORS,  STATE, 

Scholarships    in    colleges,    duties    as    to, 

1181-1184,  USti-llSS 

SHERIFFS, 

Truant  officers,  duties  as, 1028 

SIGHT  AND  HEARING  OF  PUPILS, 

Testing, 1  U).3-l  165 

STATE  LIBRARY, 

Documents    delivered     to     libraries     by 

librarian, 1219 

STATE  TEACHERS'  ASSOCIATION, 

Appropriation  for;  expenditure;  orders, . . .   919 

STATE  TREASURER, 

Higher    instruction,    re-imbursement    of 
towns  for, 1023 


Permanent  School  Fund, 

accounts  audited;  certificate, lOSfi 

trustee  of;  duties, 1073-1086 

Pupils,  transportation,  etc.,  of,  duties 
as  to  dividing  appropriation  for, 1014 

Salary   of   superintendent    of   union   ap- 
portioned and  paid  by,  when, 941 

State  School  Tax, 

apportionment  of, 1092 

distribution  of;  board  for 1095,  1090 

United  States  Deposit  Money, 

received  by;  certificate  of  deposit, 1065 

return  of,  b)'  towns, 1068 

settlement  with  towns,  how  made, 1071 

STATE'S  ATTORNEYS, 

Truancy  law,  violations  of,  prosecuted 
by, 1034 

STATISTICS, 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  idiotic,  etc., 1 170,  1171 

Town  clerk  to  return ;  fees, 1057,  1059 

STUDIES. 

Courses  of;  distribution .  printing, 923,  924 

Evening  schools, 1010 

High  Schools, 1016 

Required  in  schools, 1003 

Special,  school  directors  may  provide  for, .  1004 

SUMMER  SCHOOLS, 

Held  when;  expense, 917 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  EDUCATION, 

Advanced  instruction,  returns  as  to,  sent 
state  treasurer 1022 

Circulars  i.ssued  and  distributed  by;  ex- 
pense limited, 921 


SUPERINTENDENT  OF  EDUCATION,  Con. 

Clerks  of  school  directors  to  report  to, 
on  request 1000 

Course  of  study  for  elementary  schools 
prepared  and  distributed  by, 923,  924 

Duties,  generally, p.  18,  S.  1,  914 

Educational  meetings  held  by,  when 
and  where;  expense;  how  paid, 918 

Election;  vacancy, 914 

Examination  of  teachers, 

certificates  revoked,  when 977 

certificates    to    teach    issued    on    ap- 
proval of,  when, 963,  969, 970 

duties  as  to, 960 

examination  papers  subject  to  inspec- 
tion of, 961 

questions  prepared  by;  expense, p.  16. 

special   certificates,   superintendent   to 

approve 969, 970 

stanclard  of,  fixed  by, p.  15 

unUmited  certificates  i.ssued,  when, 971 

972 

Examiners  of  Teachers, 

Expert  super\'i.sion,  apportionment  of 
expense  approved  by, 941 

High  Schools, 

courses    of   study   in,    prescribed    by; 

printing, 924,  1016 

higher    instruction,    blanks    as    to, 
furnished  by ;  statements  filed 1022 

standard     estabhshed    by;    qualifica- 
tions of  pupils, 1021 


Normal  Schools, 

duties  and  powers  as  to, 949,  951 

graduate  of  school  in  another  state 

may  receive  certificte,  when, 958 

practice     departments     established, 

how;  maintenance, 951 

Norwich    University,    member    of   board 

of  visitors;  duties, 1 191.  1192 

Office  in  state  house, 914 

Permanent  school  fund,  one  of  trustees;  • 

duties, 1073-1086 

Registers,   form  of;   to   furnish   to   town 

clerks, 1051,1052 

Report, 920 

Sight   and   hearing   of   pupils,   duties  as   to, 

1163-1165 

State  School  Tax, 

member  of  board  to  distribute 1096 

statements  of  number  of  schools  for- 
warded by;  blanks 1094 

State  teachers'  a.ssociation,  publication  of 

addresses  and  papers;  appropriation, .  919 

Statistics, 

blanks  for,  furnished  by:  receipt 1057 

incorporated  schools  to  furnish,  when, . .  1058  ■ 
Summer  schools  for  teachers,  may  hold, 

when;  length;  expense, 917 


12 


INDEX. 


SUPERINTENDENT  OF  EDUCATION,  Con. 

Text-books,  receiving  pay  for  recom- 
mending; penalty, 1 109 

Transportation,  etc.,  of  pupils,  duties  as 
to  appropriation  for, 1014,  1015 

Vacancy, 91-1 

SUPERINTENDENTS  OF  SCHOOL  UNIONS, 

Appropriation  for, 941 

Definitions, 938 

Directors, 

chairman  and  secretary,   election  and 

duties  of, 940,941 

convention;  organization;  powers, 940 

dissolving  union, 940 

meetings, 939 

number;  joint  committee, 939 

orders  drawn  by, 942 

superintendent  removed  by,  when, 943 

union  formed  by  vote  of, 938 

Grand  Isle  County,  special  provisions  as 

to, 944 

Superintendent, 

election;  salary ;  apportionment, . . .  .940,  941 

removal;  qualifications;  report;  duties, .  943 

time  spent  in  teacliing,  deduction  for,. .  941 

Superintendent  of  education,  duties  of , . . .  941 

Towns  forming  union  to  have  no  other 

superintendent, 940 

SUPERINTENDENTS,  TOWN, 

Appointment;    compensation;    women 

may  be,  when, 931,  986 

Child  labor  law,  duties  imder, 1044,  1045 

Duties  generally 934,  935 

Examination    of    pupil    demanding    ad- 
vanced instruction, 1018-1020 

Permits  to  teach;  duties;  issue  and  re- 
issue,   974-977 

Removal;  vacancy, 932 

Report,  annual;  contents;  compensation,.  937 
School  houses,  ground.s,  etc.,  duties  as  to, .  935 
School  money,  inquiries  as  to  expenditure 

of, 1104 

Sight  and  hearing  of  pupils,  duties  as  to 

testing, 1164 

Teachers  dismissed  by,  when  and  how; 

compensation, 936 

Term  of  office, 933 

Text-books,  selection  by;  taking  pay  for 

recommending  proliibited, 1  lOS-1 109 

Text-books,  supplies,  etc.,  duties  as  to, . . .  935 
Visiting  schools,  duties  as  to;  recommen- 
dations,  934, 935 

SUPREME  COURT, 

Libraries,  vacancies  in  trustees  of  filled 
by  cliief  judge, 1208 

TAXATION, 

Abatement  of  school  district  taxes,  .1153,  1 154 

Assessment  of  taxes, 

School  District  Tax, 

execution,  to  pay, 1 155 

lands,  etc.,  to  purchase, 1156 


TAXATION,  Continued. 

prudential  committee   to  assess  when 

voted, 1149 

town,  assessed  by  selectmen, 1061 

State  School  Tax, 

apportioned  by  state  treasurer  on  grand 

Ust, 1092 

asses,sed  annually;  rate, 1091 

Collectors  of  taxes, 

discount  allowed  by,  when;  notice, 1151 

1152 
school   district   collectors;    duties; 

powers;  forfeiture, 1128,  1139,1149 

1152 
Exemption    of    property    of    free    public 
Ubrary " 1209 

Grand  List, 

how  made  up 1060 

school  district  taxes,  list  for, 1147 

state  school  tax  apportioned  on, 1092 

town  district,  how  made, 1060 

School  district  taxes, 1147-1156 

(See  School  Districts :     Taxation.) 

School  houses,  money  for  purchase,  how 
raised 984 

State  School  Tax, 

apportionment  of, 1092 

assessment;  rate, 1091 

distribution  of;  board  for, 1095,  1096 

legal  school  defined, 1097 

pajnnent  of, 1093 

statement  of  number  of  schools  to  be 
filed;  forfeiture, 1094 

Town    treasurer   to    keep    money   raised 
separate, 1062 

Unorganized  Places, 

state  school  tax, 1092, 1093 

tuition    and    transportation,    tax    as- 
sessed for  when, 1 138 

Warrants  for  school  district  taxes, 1 149 

TEACHERS, 

Age  limit  for  teacliing, 954 

Compensation;  directors  to  employ, .  .990,  1025 

1026 

Contracts  void,  when 9.54.  955 

Dismissal;  compensation, 936,  943 

Examinations, 

conduct  of, 959 

superintendent   of   union   may   act   as 
examiner,  when, 943 

time  and  place  of, 9.59 

Fire  drills,  duties  as  to;  fine, 1160,  1161 

Legal  holidays,  not  required  to  teach  on, .  .  1026 
Non-attendance  of  pupil;  notice  to  truant 

officer, 1032 

Normal    school    graduates    may    teach, 

how  long, 956-958 

Normal  Schools, 

appointment, 949 

graduates  of  schools  in  another  state 
may  teach,  when, 958 


INDEX. 


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TEACHERS,  Continued. 

Notification  to  cleric  of  board  of  directors 
as  to  certificate, 955 

Permits  to  teach  issued,  when;  limita- 
tion; revocation, 974-977 

Registers, 

certificates  of  proper  filling  out  of, 1054 

duties  as  to, 1053 

Sight  and  hearing  of  pupils,  duties  as 
t.0  testing, 1164 

Summer  school  for,  when;  length;  ex- 
pense,     917 

Superintendent  of  union  may  dismiss, 
when, 943 

Text-books,  receiving  pny  for  recom- 
mending; penalty, 1 109 

Time  spent  at  institutes,  etc.,  not  de- 
ducted,  1025 

Town    superintendent    may    dismiss 

when  and  how;  compensation, 936 

Vocal  mu.sic,  etc.,  provision  for, 1004 

TEACHERS'  INSTITUTES, 

.Attendance  at, 1025 

TEACHER  TRAINING  COURSES,  pp.  14,  15. 

Appropriation, p.  15,  S.  4 

Certificate, p.  15,  S.  4 

EstabUshment, p.  14,  S.  1 

Graduates  admitted, p.  15,  S.  2 

TEXT-BOOKS, 

Directors  to  furnish;  rule.s, 1105,  1 10(i 

Lost  etc.,  payment  for, 1 107 

Schools,  furnishing  to, 1 105-1 109 

Selection  of;  faking  pay  for  recom- 
mending prohibited 1108,  1109 

Town  superintendent  to  ascertain  if 
supplied, 935 

TOWN  AUDITORS, 

School  directors'  accoinits,  audit  of 990 

School  houses  and  lands,  debts  for  au- 
dited by, 982 

TOWN  CLERKS, 

Certificate  to  secure  state  aid  for  trans- 
porting pupils, 1015 

Fees  for  school  returns, 1059 

Higher   instruction,   statement   filed 

where, 1022 

Number  of  school^  certified  to  super- 
intendent  1094 

RECORDS, 

Appointments, 

school  directors,  vacancy  filled, 988 

superintendent  of  schools, 931 

truant  olficers 1028 

incorporated    school    districts,    change 

of  boundaries, 1143 

land  for  school  purposes;  proceedings 
as  to  taking, 1112 

School  registers  furnished  to  and  bv; 

receipt, 1002,1052 

School  statistics  returned  by;  fees, .  .10.57,  1059 

Town  system  of  schools,  to  warm  meet- 
ings, when ;  to  preside, 979 


.1015-1023 


TOWN  HIGH  SCHOOLS, . 
{See  High  Schools.) 


TOWN  LIBRARIES, 1211-1220 

(See  Libraries.) 

TOWNS, 

Deaf,  dumb,  bUnd,   etc.,   to  defray  cer- 
tain expenses  for, 1 174 

Officers, 

vacancie.*!;  filled  how 932   1066 

women  eligible  to  what  offices 931,  986 

Prosecutions  Against, 

school,    failing   to   appropriate  money 

for, 1103 

U.  S.  deposit  money,  violating  law  as 
to 1070 

Reports, 

directors, 994 

superintendents, 937 

U.  S.  deposit  money  collected  and  paid 
to  state;  failure, 1080-1082 

TOWN  SYSTEM, 

Clerk,     vacancy    in    office    of,     meeting 

warned  how, 979 

Districts   abolished,  except;   records  pre- 
served,     978 

EstabUshed, 978 

Grand  list  of,  how  made  up, 1060 

Meetings   in    town    haNnng   incorporated 

districts,  when;  proceedings, 981 

School   hou.ses,    etc.,    construction,    care, 

etc.,  of;  cost,  how  paid, 982,  983 

Tax  for  land  and  buildings, 984 

Town  clerk  may  warn  meetings,   when; 

to  preside 979 

Voters  in  incorporated  districts  debarred 
from  voting  on  school  matters, 980 

TOWN  TREASURERS, 

Fees  of  town  clerk  as  to  school  returns, 
paid  how, 1059 

School  Funds, 

credit  given  for  receipts  from  perma- 
nent fund, 1063 

expert   supervision,   state   money   for, 

cre<lited  school  fund, 941 

kept  separate;  paid  out  how, 1062,  1090 

report  as  to, 1064 

town  fund,  separate  account  of 1090 

what  credited  to 109.S,  1099 

State  school  tax,  duties  as  to  payment  of, .  1093 

TRANSPORTATION, 

Pupils,  conveyance  of;  state  aid, ....  1006-1008 

1014,  1015 

TRUANT  OFFICERS, 

Appointment;  failure,  who  to  act, 1028 

Arrest  of  child  for  not  attending  school; 

when;  notice;  complaint, 1037,  1040 

Chililren  not  attending,  duties  as  to, 10.33 

Compensation, 1039 


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INDEX. 


TRUANT  OFFICERS,  Continued, 

Complaints  against  persons  allowing 
children  to  work  in  mills,  etc.,  con- 
trary to  law, 1049-1050 

Neglect  of  duty;  penalty, 1042 

Non-attendance     because     of     want     of 

clothing,  duties, 1035 

Non-resident   pupils   subject   to   truancy 

laws, 103S 

Unorganized  places, 1 138 

Violation  of  law  as  to  attendance,  duties,  .1034 

TRUSTEES, 

Incorporated  liljraries, 

(5ee  Libraries:     Incorporated;  Trustees.) 

Permanent  school  fund 1U72-10S6 

(See  School  Money:     Permanent  School  Fund. 

Pubhc  money lUGIi,  1067,  lOSO-1082 

(See  School  Money :      Trustees  of  Pub- 
lic Money.) 
Town  and  village  libraries, 1213-1215 

TRUSTS, 

Libraries,  benefit  of;  corporation;  pro- 
ceedings,  1204-1210 

UNION  OF  INCORPORATED  AND  TOWN    . 
DISTRICTS, 

Incorporated  district  may  become  part 
of  town  district,  how, 1144 

Settlement  of  business  affairs;  records; 
existence  to  cease,  except, 1146 

Town  district  may  become  part  of  in- 
corporated district,  how, 1145 

UNION  OF  SCHOOLS, 

Expert  supervision,  provisions  as  to, . 


.938 
944 


(See  Superintendents  of  School  Unions.) 

UNITED  STATES  DEPOSIT  MONEY, 

General  provi.sions, 1065-1071 

Permanent  school  fund,  part  of 1072,  1079 

1083 
(See  School  Money.) 

UNIVERSITY  OF  VERMONT  AND  STATE 
AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE, 

Appropriation:  expenditure, 1178,  1179 

Scholarships,  appointments  to, 1181-1184 

UNORGANIZED  TOWNS  AND  GORES, 

School  districts  in, 11 18-1138 

(See  School  Districts:     Unorganized  Places.) 
State  school  tax,  duties  of  commissioner 

as  to, 1093 

Taking  land  in,  for  school  purposes, .  U 10-1 117 


VACANCIES. 

Library  commissioners, 1 193 

Library  trustees, 1208 

Normal  school  commis.sioners, 946 

Scholarsliips,  appointment  by  senators, .  .1184, 

1188 

School  directors, 988 

School  district  officers, 11 23,  1 130 

Superintendent  of  education, 914 

Town  officers, 932.  1066 

Town  superintendent  of  schools, 932 

Trustees  of  permanent  school  fund, 1077 

VERMONT  INDUSTRIAL  SCHOOL, 

•   Commitment   of   truants   or   disobedient 

scholars, 1041 


.1211-1217 


VILLAGES, 

Libraries, 

(See  Libraries.) 


VOTERS, 

Disqualified  to  vote  in  town  meetings, 
when, 980 

Incorporated  .school  districts, 1139 

Unorganized  towns  and  gores;  eligibility 
decided  how, 1127,  1135 

Women  may  vote  on  school  matters, 
when, 986 

WARHINGS, 

School  district  meetings;  penalty,. .  .1132-1134 

1136 

WARRANTS, 

School  district  tax, 1149 

WEEK, 

School,  defined, 1024 

WOMEN, 

Eligible  to  Office, 

school  offices,  generally, 986 

town  superintendent  of  schools, 986 

Right  to  vote, 986 

WORKSHOPS, 

Children,  employment  in,  restricteii,1044,  1046 

YEAR, 

School,  defined, 1024 


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